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April 24, 2021 A healthcare worker at the Rumginae Hospital which serves communities in North Fly District, in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. — courtesy UN Papua New Guinea/Rachel Donovan UN Resident Coordinator in Papua New Guinea, Gianluca Rampolla, receives the COVID-19 vaccine . — courtesy UN Papua New Guinea/Rachel Donovan The first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility arrives in Papua New Guinea. — courtesy UNICEF/Vatava Media PORT MORESBY — The global COVID-19 pandemic could provide “opportunities” to improve health care in Pa...

Papua New Guinea's border security shortcomings have been highlighted amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. The country's total number of confirmed cases of the virus stands at 1139 with 11 fatal cases, the latest being a 67-year-old man from the National Capital District who died in recent days. Papua New Guinea map with Western Province highlighted in red. Photo: wikicommons The two PNG provinces which abut the border with Indonesia, Western Province and West Sepik, have reported dozens of new cases in recent days. West Sepik, or Sandaun, has 39 cases. All but two of them were confirmed this mon...

RNZ Papua New Guinea's Health Minister Jelta Wong Photo: EMTV Papua New Guinea health authorities are struggling to gauge the extent of the country’s Covid-19 outbreak. Over a hundred new confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in the past several days, taking the total number to 1,111. The National Pandemic Controller’s office reported 34 new cases overnight. But concern is rising over the limitations of PNG’s testing – with only around 50-thousand people have been tested so far in a country of eight million. The Health Minister Jelta Wong admits testing capabilities are lim...