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Photo: Fiji govt
PNG has recorded over 170 deaths and more than 17,000 cases of the virus. In Fiji, 17 people have died and over 3,000 active cases in isolation.
Professor Michael Baker, from the University of Otago, said the figures coming out of both countries are a concern. One of the added worries with PNG is it s by far the largest population [9 million] and many people are living in informal settlements in crowded conditions with multi-generational families. They are very vulnerable to this infection so it s very concerning. This is the same in Fiji. We are seeing a pattern across the Asia-Pacific region now where countries that have managed the pandemic extremely well and have succeeded in eliminating the virus. Fiji did extremely well and had no transmission for over a year.
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