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Papua New Guinea Covid-19 Timeline

June 3 2020

CONTROLLER MANNING REVOKES FIRST 37 ORDERS AND ISSUES 13 NEW EMERGENCY ORDERS
May 28 2020

EXXONMOBIL PNG AIDS HEALTH DEPARTMENT
MANNING URGES POLICEMEN TO PUT COUNTRY AND PEOPLE FIRST
May 28 2020

SOE CONTROLLER APPROVES PNGRFL 2020 PLANS
May 25 2020

WEST PAPUA POSES COVID-19 THREAT TO PNG : DAKULALA
May 21 2020

MARAPE SAYS WORLD CLASS HOSPITALS TO BE BUILT IN PROVINCES OUT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE
May 19 2020

CONTROLLER WARNS CITIZENS TO OBSERVE QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS
PRIME MINISTER REPEATEDLY URGES PAPUA NEW GUINEANS TO BE SENSITIVE
May 12 2020

COLLABORATIONS – RESHAPING NEWS COVERAGE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
DAKULALA URGES CITIZENS TO BE VIGILANT
May 11 2020

Minister for Health, Hon. Jelta Wong and the Acting Secretary for the National Department of Health, Dr. Paison Dakulala received 12,000 Rapid Diagnostic Testing Kits and 380 more GeneXpert cartridges from the Government of Australia
People's Republic of China for Donated 45 tonnes of Personal Protective Equipment
May 06 2020

Controller Issues Directions to Mitigate COVID-19 Spread in Resource Project Areas
April 25 2020

Controller of the State of Emergency, David Manning lifted flight restrictions into and out of Rabaul and re-opened Port of Rabaul as a designated international shipping port
April 24 2020

Prime Minister Announces Resumption of Universities and Schools
April 22 2020

Controller Manning anounces new case in Eastern Highlands Province, brings PNG Covid-19 cases to 8
April 21 2020

Controller relax restrictions as PNG heads into "new normal"
April 19 2020

The Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, has announced that 125 samples taken on Thursday, 16 April 2020, have returned negative of the 2019 coronavirus disease or COVID-19.
April 18 2020

Controller David Manning releases Order 19 (Price Regulation) and Order 20 (Burial of Deceased Persons)
April 17 2020

Controller David Manning releases Order 17 (Amendment NCD & Western Province - confirmed Provincial Covid-19 Case) and Order 18 (Seizure of Goods Critical to the National Emergency Covid-19 Response)
April 16 2020

PM announce five new cases of coronavirus in Papua New Guinea.
Controller Manning releases Order 16 following the five new cases
April 14 2020

Manning directs removal of police road blocks in Central province
April 12 2020

The World Bank has approved a loan of USD20 million to support Papua New Guinea’s emergency preparedness and response plans.
April 10 2020

Deputy Prime Minister Steven Davies Health Minister Jelta Wong, NCD Governor Powes Parkop opened the pre tri-age clinic for NCD at Rita Flynn complex
April 08 2020

Emergency Controller issues order public transport operations during the Easter long weekend
April 07 2020

Emergency Controller issues emergency orders for immediate implementation, related to SOE extension.
April 06 2020

Prime Minister James Marape announces second confirmed case in PNG
Emergency Controller announces locked down of East New Britain Province for 21 days
April 02 2020

National Parliament extends State of Emergency to two months
April 01 2020

UPNG Medical School library starts to test samples
March 26 2020

Government declares State of Emergency from 23^rd March to 06^th April, with the Police Commissioner appointed as Emergency Controller
March 23 2020

First confirmed imported case undergoes medical evacuation to Australia
Government establishes 24/7 National Operations Centrewhich is inter-ministerial, inter-agency to with co-opted professional member framework
March 22 2020

Prime Minister James Marape declares State of Emergency and limits movements of people for a period of 14 days
March 20 2020

Prime Minister declared first confirmed (imported) case in PNG
March 11 2020

WHO characterizes COVID-19 as pandemic
January 31 2019

WHO declares COVID-19 Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
January 27 2019

Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus after isolation
January 22 2019

International Health Regulations Emergency Committee holds first meeting on the outbreak of novel corona virus
January 07 2019

Chinese authorities identify a new type of corona virus after isolation
December 31 2019

China contacts WHO and informs about "cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in Wuhan"