Frontline journalism in the age of COVID-19 has posed particular challenges in dealing with personal risk, tackling an ‘infodemic’ of misinformation, and providing valuable news that can be used in vulnerable Pacific countries that have struggled with soaring infections and limited health infrastructure and resources. Five Pacific countries or territories have borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic—Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. This article introduces two examples of public health storytelling in crisis communication, one being a pregnant Papua New Guinea woman who walked 25 kilometres to the nearest hospital—and died on reaching her destination; the other a pregnant Fijian nurse who died after battling COVID-19.  

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危机沟通和 COVID-19：用故事讲述两起太平洋悲剧

COVID-19 时代的前线新闻在处理个人风险、应对错误信息的“信息流行病”以及提供有价值的新闻方面提出了特别的挑战，这些新闻可用于感染飙升和卫生基础设施有限的脆弱太平洋国家，以及资源。五个太平洋国家或地区首当其冲受到冠状病毒大流行的影响——斐济、法属波利尼西亚、关岛、巴布亚新几内亚和东帝汶。本文介绍了在危机沟通中讲述公共卫生故事的两个例子，一个是一位怀孕的巴布亚新几内亚妇女，她步行 25 公里到达最近的医院，并在到达目的地时死亡；另一位怀孕的斐济护士在与 COVID-19 作斗争后死亡。