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No time to lose: One million COVID-19 cases predicted in PNG 'in a few weeks'


Image: Diocese of Lae receive their PPEs. Image by Caritas Australia.
The following is a joint statement calling for the Australian Government to provide further emergency health support to Papua New Guinea.
Community transmission of COVID-19 across almost every province in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is growing, with hundreds of new cases being identified daily.
Epidemiological estimates are that infections could have now reached over 100,000 cases in PNG and could reach one million cases within a few weeks.
The PNG Epidemic Response Group, including Burnet Institute, is an alliance of leading Medical Research Institutes, Australian Churches, professional services, and development and humanitarian organisations operating in PNG. The Group is calling on the Australian Government to release a greater amount of vaccines from Australian supplies to urgently tackle the epidemic in PNG before it spirals further out of control. ....

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Australian health experts, church agencies and humanitarian groups call for urgent vaccine action in PNG

Australian health experts, church agencies and humanitarian groups call for urgent vaccine action in PNG
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