PNG to prioritise frontline health workers for covid vaccine
Papua New Guinea's Health Minister Jelta Wong Photo: EMTV PNG's Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee has granted approval for use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country. PNG's total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is nearing 2000, with around 800 new cases reported in the past five weeks. The Health Minister Jelta Wong said a lot of the cases were health workers "We want all our nurses and frontliners all trained up before the vaccine comes so that we can roll straight out," he said. "The first lot of the vaccine we are probably looking at in about two to three weeks time. We shou...
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