COVID-19 and the ‘Haus Krai’
Papua New Guinea’s COVID-19 situation is worsening. As vaccines arrive, PNG battles disinformation, confusion, and resistance to the vaccine. This is fuelled by social media...
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Health Workers in Madang Undergo COVID-19 Surveillance Training
A three-day workshop for health care workers from various health care facilities in Madang province is currently underway to train workers to do surveillance for...
Businesses Told to Take Lead in COVID-19 Fight
With the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases reported in Papua New Guinea, the peak bodies representing business, the private sector and development partners are...
POMGEN Scale Down Operations
The surge in covid-19 cases has put a strain on hospitals to shut down departments....
POMGEN Imposes More Restrictions as COVID-19 Cases Surge in NCD
With the recent surge of COVID- 19 cases in the Nation’s Capital, surveillance and triaging protocols have been stepped up at PNG’s largest referral hospital;...
Future of the Corona Virus
Scientists Predict that once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold....
K10.2 Million Niugini BioMed Project Gets NEC Approval
The National Executive Council has gone ahead to approve the 10.2 million kina COVID-19 research project despite a huge negative reaction from the public. As...
OTML Recorded Eight New COVID-19 Case
Papua New Guinea has confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 as of yesterday, all from Western Province....
Western Province Records 18 New Cases
18 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported late yesterday bringing the country’s total confirmed positive cases to 419. Pandemic Controller, David Manning in a...
OTML to Commence Operations in Mid-Sept
Ok Tedi Mining Ltd (OTML) in a statement says it plans to restart its operations in the week commencing the 14th of September 2020. This...