84% of Australians Agree the Government Should Support Papua New Guinea Through Its COVID-19 Crisis
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Papua New Guinea has recorded close to 10,000 COVID-19 cases as of April 21, up from under 1,000 just three months ago. Experts fear that because testing rates are so low, the actual number of cases is much higher. Global Citizen promotes health equity and campaigns on the United Nations Global Goals, including goal 3 for good health and well-being for all. Join the movement here.
Over 80% of Australians agree that the government must support Papua New Guinea in its fight against a significant COVID-19 outbreak, while 3 in 4 would like to see the country donate 1 million of 50 million domestically produced vaccines to the neighbouring nation, new polling reveals.
Australia Promises to Send 10,000 COVID-19 Vaccines a Week to Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste
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Australia will send at least 10,000 locally manufactured AstraZeneca vaccines to Pacific nations every week, a move the nation s Foreign Minister Marise Payne says will allow the region to vaccinate quickly their highest-risk populations at a time when the international supply of vaccines is constrained.
Monday, 19 April 2021, 1:20 pm
There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had
managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were
minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the
country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases.
The World Health Organization praised
the PNG government in a September 2020 news release in
“taking the threat of the pandemic seriously with an
all-of-government approach in strengthening the country’s
health system and engaging communities to keep them safe
from the virus.”
Officials acknowledged that a spike
in cases could impair the medical system, despite
the fact that three-quarters of the population are under
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by Binoy Kampmark / April 19th, 2021
There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases. The World Health Organization praised the PNG government in a September 2020 news release in “taking the threat of the pandemic seriously with an all-of-government approach in strengthening the country’s health system and engaging communities to keep them safe from the virus.”
Officials acknowledged that a spike in cases could impair the medical system, despite the fact that three-quarters of the population are under the age of 35. While the elderly population is small, the large number of youthful members poses the problem of asymptomatic transmission. “We know that about 15% of COVID-19 cases will need some form of hospital care,” stated Dr Gary Nou, an important figure in the COVID-19 response in t