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PNG Pandemic Response Controller, David Manning Photo: EMTV The Controller of PNG's Covid-19 National Response, David Manning has issued 12 new pandemic measures, as the total number of cases climbed to 844. The Controller's office is concerned about people absconding from the mandatory two-week quarantine stint required of all incoming travellers to PNG. International arrivals will now be required to have a tracking app or device. No traveller can enter PNG unless they have been tested within a week of arriving and returned a clear result. Under another measure the Controller is reinforcin...

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...