Prime Minister Hon. James Marape became the first person to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine today. He was vaccinated as a sign of assurance to healthcare workers whom he is encouraging to be vaccinated. Mr Marape assured targeted frontline workers that the vaccine was put through various scientific checks at organisations such as European
Papua New Guinea recorded seven new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours to 12 midday on Monday 29 March, increasing the country’s death toll to 56. All seven deaths were reported in the National Capital District. A 36-year-old female is among the six men ages 42, 46, 60, 61, 67 and 71 who
Papua New Guinea has recorded four new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in the last 24 hours to 12 midday Sunday March 28, increasing the country’s total deaths to 49. All four deaths were reported in the National Capital District. A 30-year-old female is among three males, aged 55, 62 and 74 who died from
COVID-19 is not a joke, it is real and it is here to stay, says Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr Osborne Liko. Dr Liko was speaking during a COVID-19 press briefing at Morauta Haus, Waigani this afternoon, in which he also highlighted the latest surge in the number of cases in the country.
Controller of the National Pandemic Response, David Manning, has commended the business community for imposing the strict no-mask-no-entry policy in shops, restaurants and other businesses. He however expressed concern that government offices around the country were not following suit, and reminded public servants and departmental heads that masks are mandatory to gain access to public
Friday 26th March 2021 Papua New Guinea has recorded six new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours to 12 noon on Friday 26 March, increasing the country’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 45. The six new deaths were all recorded in the National Capital District. Four males and two females, ages ranging from 28 to
Wednesday 24th March 2021 Papua New Guinea has reported a total of 560 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Wednesday 24th of March, 2021, raising the national total confirmed cases to 4,660. The death toll remained at 39. The new cases came from 13 provinces which were the National Capital District which reported the highest of 426. The
Prime Minister Hon. James Marape admitted today that there is “rampant community transmission” of COVID-19 in the country as the highest number of 560 recorded cases over the last 24 hours was reported. This brings to 4660 the number of confirmed cases in the 21 provinces of the country and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Thursday 25 March 2021 Police Commissioner and Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response David Manning has issued a new direction on the use of Panbio COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (Ag-RDT) for COVID-19. Mr Manning has authorised the Port Moresby General Hospital, all Provincial Health Authorities and all private health facilities and hospitals to use
Thursday 25 March 2021 Police Commissioner and Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response David Manning has issued a direction banning all traditional border crossings with immediate effect on Wednesday March 24 as the country’s COVID-19 confirmed cases went over 4,000. Under the new direction issued by Mr Manning: The land and sea borders between Papua
