Regional fisheries observer trainer Elton Clodumar led a workshop updating qualified and experienced fisheries observers who are currently land-based due to COVID-19 restrictions, 30 June.
Public health is working hard to defeat the eye disease trachoma in Nauru, having already checked and administered drugs for disease prevention to 8,024 Nauruans, or 70 per cent of the population, as at 26 June.
It has been six months since the global outbreak of coronavirus and three months since Nauru declared the state of disaster and partially closed its borders and commenced quarantine measures.
Nauru’s High Commissioner in Fiji, Michael Aroi formalised the Government of Japan’s medical equipment assistance for Nauru with Japan Ambassador Omura Masahiro at a signing and exchange of notes ceremony in Suva, Fiji.
President Lionel Aingimea is the third president of Nauru to hold the position of chancellor at the region’s premier institution, the University of the South Pacific.
A survey by Pacific Trade and Invest shows 90 percent of Pacific SMEs report a decline in revenue since the pandemic hit and 92 per cent believe COVID-19 has negatively influenced the economy.
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