In a nation where fewer than 60,000 of a population of nine million have been tested, the rapidly rising number of positive results in the past month have experts braced for an epidemic on Australia’s doorstep.
In the capital, where the virus has hit hardest, Port Moresby General Hospital is under such strain it has had to convert two of its four medical wards to COVID-19 isolation and treatment facilities and has already lost 10 per cent of its workforce, or 120 staff, because of the virus, according to its senior gynaecologist, Professor Glen Mola.
Prime Minister James Marape was set to announce the details of an isolation strategy his government has favoured rather than a full lockdown.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Gallo_Ways ChrisBarrett_ Oh BTW, PNG is backing the dropping of Covid patents. Do we won't win any hearts and minds up there with this tokenism while we block them patent free access. All the rich countries are blocking it (in RED). We're in a shameful & uncaring club. We care about corporations only