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Photo: AFP PNG scales down Covid-19 testing Papua New Guinea s National Control Centre has decided to scale down testing for Covid-19 and focus on rolling out the vaccination programme. PNG has reported over 17,000 confirmed cases of the virus since the pandemic began a year and a half ago. Only around 132,000 tests have been conducted. The Controller of the National Pandemic Response, Police Commissioner David Manning said testing would continue but mainly at health facility settings. He said Covid-19 is already in the country, thus it is better to continue to implement containment strategies and bolster efforts with the available vaccines.

Samoa s Covid-19 case now self-isolating

The 16 year old Samoan who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving on 12 February has been released for home isolation. The Director General of Health, Leausa Dr Take Naseri, told a press conference the young man returned another positive test last Friday but it showed a significantly lower presence of the coronavirus. Samoa Health Director Leausa Dr Take Naseri, left, and Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo, chair of the National Emergency Operation Centre. Photo: Samoa govt According to Leausa, his family had asked if he could be sent home to self-isolate and they had sought approval from the village mayor to allow this to happen.

Samoa expects Pfizer vaccine by end of March

Photo: AFP The Director-General of Health, Leausa Dr Take Naseri, said in times of a pandemic everyone needed to support and take part in a mass vaccination. Leausa said front-line workers such as health personnel would be priorities to receive the vaccine. The UN resident co-ordinator in Samoa, Dr Simona Marinescu, said the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility, or COVAX, approved up to 50,000 vaccine doses for Samoa, enough for 20 percent of the population and officials. She said the vaccine should be in Samoa before the end of March. Leausa said that would not be enough doese but Samoa was finalising plans with aid partners to fund vaccinations for a further 40 percent of the population as part of the COVAX facility agreement, to ensure around 120,000 people (or 60 percent of the population) are vaccinated this year.

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