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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.

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