Half of COVID-19 tests from Papua New Guinea (PNG) processed by Australia have been positive, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said yesterday, prompting calls for faster vaccine delivery to the Pacific island nation.
Papua New Guinea’s Western Province lies within a few kilometers of Australia’s northern border and Queensland laboratories are assisting to investigate the worsening outbreak.
Palaszczuk said that Papua New Guinea was “on the doorstep” and she held real concern about the rising infection rate there.
“Out of the 500 tests that our health authorities have done for PNG, 250 have come back positive,” Palaszczuk told reporters.
Ninety new cases were recorded in
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