Friday 9 April 2021 The total number of Covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea has reached 8,342, following 341 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Friday April 9. The country’s COVID-19 related death toll remains at 68. Commissioner of Police and Controller of the National Pandemic, David Manning confirmed that
Thursday 8 April 2021 Papua New Guinea recorded 162 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Thursday April 8, increasing the total number of cases to 8,001. The country’s COVID-19 related death toll remains at 68. Commissioner of Police and Controller of the National Pandemic, David Manning, said the 162
Tuesday 6 April 2021 The vaccination rollout which was launched on Tuesday 30 March 2021, has seen a total number of 558 individuals being vaccinated. The AstraZeneca vaccines were donated by the Australian Government. Deputy Incident Manager of the National Control Centre, Dr Melinda Susapu, announced this during the first ever virtual media briefing on
Friday 9 April 2021 Port Moresby based Alpha Response Security Services yesterday (April 8), donated over 1,000 cartons of biscuits, noodles and tinned fish for police personnel engaged in the COVID-19 operations in NCD and the Central province The company’s Chief Executive Officer Oscar Wei said they made this commitment as a gesture of their
Thursday 8 April 2021 Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response and Police Commissioner David Manning, is appealing to all citizens to only rely on the National Control Centre and the National Department of Health for up-to-date statistics and information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, and not from other sources. Mr Manning said this to
Wednesday 7 April 2021 Papua New Guinea recorded 205 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Wednesday April 7, increasing the total number of cases to 7,839. The country’s total known COVID-19 deaths is 68. Commissioner of Police and Controller of the National Pandemic, David Manning, said of the total cases,
Thursday 1 April 2021 The Government of Japan has recently contributed USD 1.9 million to the UN Women’s Safe and Prosperous District Programme to secure women’s livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Through the support of the Japan Government, UN Women will strengthen existing work in Tari, Wewak and Alotau markets on market
1 April 2021 The Government of Japan has funded a project in Papua New Guinea to prevention the spread and lessen the impacts of COVID-19 along the agricultural value chain in country. The aim of the project is to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 throughout the food system, while restoring food production, improving nutritional status
Thursday 1 April 2021 The Government of Japan has announced a USD 2.7 million contribution to UNICEF to support children and communities in Papua New Guinea with improved access to clean water and hygiene practices as part of the ongoing COVID-19 response. Up to 7,500 primary school children in Central Province and 5,000 patients in
Thursday 1 April 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Japan have agreed to work in partnership to support Papua New Guinea’s continuing COVID-19 preparedness and response. The Government of Japan is providing just over US$2.7 million (US$2,727,272) to be used by WHO to contribute to building a more resilient health system