Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) crowded capital, Port Moresby, is the epicenter of the country’s latest COVID-19 outbreak.
The city recorded just five cases for all of January and 124 for last month. However, 108 cases have been confirmed in the first four days of this month as community transmission accelerated.
The country has reported only 1,492 confirmed cases for the entire COVID-19 pandemic, but the actual caseload is believed to be many times higher.
Fewer than 48,000 tests have been conducted across the country of nearly 9 million people since the beginning of the pandemic, and, in many remote parts of the country,