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PAPUA New Guinea’s Covid-19 National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has welcomed the challenge by Madang Governor Peter Yama to file a Supreme Court reference to stop vaccinations in his province and the country.
Manning, who is also the Police Commissioner, said Yama was a mandated leader and had the right to seek legal advice on the Government’s voluntary vaccination programme.
“The use of AstraZeneca as a legally authorised vaccine against the Covid-19 and is internationally endorsed by the World Health Organisation,” he said. “The PNG Government is among many other governments who are demonstrating responsibility and responsiveness to the pandemic in protecting its health workers and frontline workers from this horrible situation.”
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THE coronavirus (Covid-19) has claimed three lives in the last week of last month and an average of 37 positive infections were recorded in the same period, National Control Centre manager Dr Daoni Esorom says.
Dr Esorom said 449 cases were reported last month and with 49 new cases, including a death on Monday, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea was 1,356 infections with 14 deaths.
He said more than one-third (34 per cent) of PNG’s total infections were reported last month, indicating a surge in infections nationwide.
“The surveillance team has been working hard to capture all new case data coming in from the provinces,” he said.
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ANOTHER crime of passion was reported last week – one in Manus island on Wednesday and the second in Madang on Friday.
Madang commander Supt Mazuc Rubiang said a female nurse was stabbed to death by the wife of a man who allegedly had an affair with.
Police identified the deceased as Moreen Robert from Dei who worked in Western Highlands’ Hagen town clinic.
The extra marital affair had forced the nurse and her child to flee from their house and rent a place in Sagalau for a month.