Tag: PNG health
PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape.
The adjournment allows Marape to...
Don’t rely on Facebook for accurate vaccine info, says PNG leader
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines.
James Marape was speaking...
West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG
The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian...
PNG on ‘verge of covid red zone’, warns deputy pandemic chief
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Eleven new covid-19 coronavirus deaths were reported in Papua New Guinea on Friday and Saturday, raising the country’s death...
PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to...
PNG police chief warns PMVs ‘mask up or face being pulled...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
As the covid-19 coronavirus infections continue to rise seemingly unabated, Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has acted...
Australia wants to send 1 million vaccine doses to PNG –...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Heynen, The University of Queensland; Paul Lant, The University of Queensland, and Vigya Sharma, The University of Queensland
Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua...
NZ sends protective gear to PNG to cope with covid crisis
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand is sending personal protective equipment to Papua New Guinea to assist health workers treat a surge in covid-19 cases.
PNG's total number...
114 Port Moresby Hospital staff test positive as PNG covid crisis...
By Christine Kildi in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s biggest referral hospital in the country, Port Moresby General (PMGH) is seeing a massive increase of...
PNG health official fears covid spike for Somare state funeral
Asia Pacific Report news desk
East Sepik, preparing for the state funeral of Papua New Guinea's Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, could expect a surge...
PNG warned 680,000 covid vaccine doses needed to ‘save health system’
By Lulu Mark and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A medical academic has warned the Papua New Guinea government to immediately bring in more than...
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...