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Papua New Guinea is imposing nationwide lockdowns as surging coronavirus cases threaten to overwhelm a meagre health system, while vaccine imports are still weeks away.
The Pacific nation has recorded dozens of new daily infections through March, more than doubling its total COVID-19 caseload in the last month. Papua New Guinea’s health department announced it would begin “nationwide isolation” this week.
“Everyone has a responsibility to look after themselves by following the health measures,” said the head of the country’s COVID-19 response, David Manning.
The virus has now been reported in 19 of the country’s 22 provinces or regions. Nearly half the cases are concentrated in the capital, Port Moresby, where hospitals are reportedly turning away new admissions.
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Australia to send urgent vaccine support to Papua New Guinea as its healthcare system faces collapse Mayank Aggarwal © Provided by The Independent
Australia will send 8,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Papua New Guinea to control the dangerous outbreak of the pandemic and will also ask the European Union to release a million more doses.
The Pacific Island nation, which is just a short boat ride away from Australia, is facing a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, and Australia fears it could further spread to other nations.
“We’ve contracted them. We’ve paid for them and we want to see those vaccines come here so we can support our nearest neighbour, PNG, to deal with their urgent needs in our region,” said Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison.