Papua New Guinea records eighth Covid-19 death, 720 cases total
Papua New Guinea has recorded its eighth death from Covid-19, a 49-year-old man from West New Britain. Pandemic Response Controller David Manning said cases in PNG continued to increase as contact tracing was ongoing. Photo: EMTV The man suffered from abdominal pains, a cough, headache and shortness of breath from 4 December, he died four days later. Papua New Guinea now has 720 Covid 19 cases, with 36 new infections reported over the last 48 hours. Thirty-five of the new cases are from West New Britain (WNB), while the National Capital District had one case. Among the new cases reported in...
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