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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 Council for International Development calls for priority vaccine access for Australia's diplomatic staff


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Australia’s peak foreign aid body has urged the government to give its diplomats and consular staff posted overseas priority access to COVID-19 vaccines, saying it has a responsibility to protect Commonwealth employees putting themselves at risk on the nation’s behalf.
The Australian Council for International Development said any failure to give Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade employees working in some of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus swift access to a vaccine “threatens Australia’s national interest”.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Frances Adamson and Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
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DFAT staff are able to access the vaccine through local rollouts but many programs are plagued by supply problems and delays and some countries are only using vaccines that have not been approved for use in Australia. ....

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