Tag: PNG health
Parkop pledges no lockdown in Port Moresby due to ‘precarious’ economy
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
Governor Powes Parkop says there will be no lockdown in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD) despite a...
PNG struggles to gauge extent of covid in country – 7...
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinean health authorities are struggling to gauge the extent of the country's latest covid-19 outbreak.
More than 100 new confirmed cases...
Spate of PNG covid-19 cases include national pandemic chief
By RNZ News
Papua New Guinea's covid-19 cases have jumped to more than 1000, including the National Pandemic Controller and members of his family.
Eight new...
Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private...
By The National in Port Moresby
An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in...
Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in...
PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could...
Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV...
Scott Waide: Let’s be honest! Nearly every PNG public health facility...
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide
In Lae City, Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, there are seven urban clinics, each serving between 100 and 150 patients a...
PNG to host first Pacific APEC – but is it leaders’...
RNZ's Insight visits Papua New Guinea, which is due to host an APEC Leaders Summit next month. Video: RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea is about...