Wednesday 30 March 2022 Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 case count has reached 43,203 as of Friday 25 March 2022, following 24 new cases reported in country in the last 24 hours. The new cases were reported in Milne Bay (10), Jiwaka (seven), Hela (four) and the National Capital District (three), According to the latest
Wednesday 23 March 2022 Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS, Hon. Jelta Wong told Parliament this morning that the threat of COVID – 19 in the country is still in existence. “We are ensuring that the new normal must be applied to by all citizens as the new variant is still a threat to the populous
Friday 18 March 2022 Commissioner of Police and Controller of the PNG National Pandemic Response, David Manning, today revoked previous Measure No.2 issued under the National Pandemic Act 2021 and replaced it with a new measure which becomes effective on March 21, 2022. Key changes to Measure 2 include: 1. The definition of fully vaccinated has
Monday 7 March 2022 Papua New Guinea reported 135 new cases of the Omicron variant including five new cases of Delta variant on Thursday, 3 March 2022, bringing the cumulative total to 165 and 744 respectively. Of the Omicron cases, National Capital District (NCD) recorded (95), Morobe (31), Hela (three), Madang and Central (two each),
Tuesday, 1 March 2022 Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, has urged the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and partners to work together on increasing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and provide accessible health care to citizens. Prime Minister Marape was speaking at a dinner last night (28/02/22) hosted for CEOs of PHAs,
Tuesday 1 March 2022 In a first since the COVID-19 pandemic, the heads of Papua New Guinea’s 22 Provincial Health Authorities (PHA’s), key health personnel and partners are gathered in Port Moresby to address the challenges of the national COVID-19 Vaccination rollout program. Led by the National Department of Health through the National COVID-19 Vaccine
