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Buka Town in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Photo: RNZI / Don Wiseman
An earlier report on RNZ Pacific said the lockdown had been decided on.
That is not correct.
Rather President Toroama s executive is considering such a move.
He said the last official figures for Papua New Guinea s autonomous region of Bougainville were 40 cases of the coronavrius - a rise from just three last Thursday.
Toroama said Bougainville s health officials had been trying to convince people to wear masks, wash their hands and maintain social distance.
There had been criticism of Bougainvilleans failing to respond to the Covid-19 surge but Toroama said Buka town could go into a full, 14-day, lock down.