Buka Town in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Photo: RNZI / Don Wiseman
An earlier report on RNZ Pacific said the lockdown had been decided on.
That is not correct.
Rather President Toroama's executive is considering such a move.
He said the last official figures for Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville were 40 cases of the coronavrius - a rise from just three last Thursday.
Toroama said Bougainville's health officials had been trying to convince people to wear masks, wash their hands and maintain social distance.
There had been criticism of Bougainvilleans failing to respond to the Covid-19 surge but Toroama said Buka town could go into a full, 14-day, lock down.