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August 9, 2020
By Patrick Makis in Buka Contact tracing has begun for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville’s first covid-19 case. The 22-year-old male, who had returned from Port Moresby on an Air Niugini flight on July 29, is stable and is being isolated in Arawa town. ABG’s Deputy Controller, Health Secretary Clement Totavun, said the contact tracing ... <a title="Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/09/contact-tracing-begins-for-first-bougainville-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing begins for first Bougainville covid case">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2020
By Michael Baker, University of Otago; Amanda Kvalsvig, University of Otago, and Nick Wilson, University of Otago Tomorrow, New Zealand will mark 100 days without community transmission of covid-19. From the first known case imported into New Zealand on February 26 to the last case of community transmission detected on May 1, elimination took 65 ... <a title="100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally spreading virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/08/100-days-without-covid-19-how-nz-got-rid-of-a-globally-spreading-virus/" aria-label="Read more about 100 days without covid-19: how NZ got rid of a globally spreading virus">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2020
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Port Moresby may need to expand its covid-19 isolation facilities quickly and effectively in case a big spike in cases occurs, a doctor says. Rita Flynn isolation facility manager Dr Gary Nou said it would be a disaster if the spread of covid-19 in the capital city continued to ... <a title="Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/07/port-moresby-may-need-to-expand-covid-isolation-facilities-warns-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby may need to expand covid isolation facilities, warns doctor">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A medical authority has warned that the spike in covid-19 cases in Papua New Guinea is to be expected and could reach thousands between September and December, reports The National today. Professor Glen Mola had predicted early last month, when the number of cases of infection had been below 20, that ... <a title="PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/png-surge-in-covid-infections-to-153-expected-and-likely-to-rise-says-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about PNG surge in covid infections to 153 ‘expected’ and likely to rise, says doctor">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2020
Papua New Guinea has one new case of the novel coronavirus covid-19 reported yesterday bringing total cases to 111, reports EMTV News. National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning in a statement late yesterday said the new case was a 27-year-old male of the National Department of Health and was in isolation at the Rita Flynn ... <a title="Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/04/another-png-health-officer-tests-covid-positive-national-covid-total-now-111/" aria-label="Read more about Another PNG health officer tests covid positive – national covid total now 111">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Nineteen more cases of covid-19 have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, taking the total number so far in the country to 91. The Pandemic Response Controller, David Manning, announced the new cases in the capital Port Moresby where almost 80 of PNG’s cases had been confirmed in just over two weeks. ... <a title="More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/02/more-covid-cases-in-png-take-total-to-91-health-workers-still-a-concern/" aria-label="Read more about More covid cases in PNG take total to 91 – health workers still a concern">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
By Isaac Nicholas in Port Moresby Thirty eight deaths in the covid-19 pandemic reported across the Papua New Guinea border in the Indonesian-ruled Papuan capital of Jayapura has prompted a call to focus more resources on West Sepik. Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Patrick Pruaitch made the appeal appeal to ... <a title="PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/pngs-pruaitch-urges-focus-on-papua-border-as-covid-deaths-escalate/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Pruaitch urges focus on Papua border as covid deaths escalate">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2020
By Scott Waide of EMTV News Seventy-four health workers in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe province have been isolated after coming in contact with a 35-year-old National Department of Health officer who has tested positive with covid-19. The officer arrived in Lae on Sunday from the capital Port Moresby to attend a workshop and became ill ... <a title="74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/29/74-health-workers-isolated-in-pngs-morobe-after-positive-covid-contact/" aria-label="Read more about 74 health workers isolated in PNG’s Morobe after positive covid contact">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty three new covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District – the highest reported so far in a day since the outbreak, reports NBC News. Deputy Pandemic Controller Dr Paison Dakulala announced the new cases in a statement last night following a meeting with Controller David ... <a title="PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/png-coronavirus-cases-jump-by-record-23-as-total-now-tops-62/" aria-label="Read more about PNG coronavirus cases jump by record 23 as total now tops 62">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby As Papua New Guinea’s capital continues to record an increase in covid-19 cases, with seven new positive cases recorded on Friday, another crisis is looming at the National Referral Hospital. Port Moresby General Hospital Emergency Ward (PomGen) is currently under immense stress as covid-19 tests take place there. ... <a title="Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/port-moresby-emergency-ward-chaos-as-medics-refuse-untested-patients/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby emergency ward chaos as medics refuse untested patients">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2020
By Talebula Kate in Suva Eighteen people were arrested in Fiji last night for breach of the covid pandemic curfew restrictions from 11pm yesterday to 4am. Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu said the Eastern division recorded seven reports, West recording six cases, South – four cases and one case in the Northern division. “Of the ... <a title="Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/26/fiji-police-arrest-18-people-for-breach-of-covid-curfew/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police arrest 18 people for breach of covid curfew">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had managed to stamp out the coronavirus, it was met with much fanfare – with many experts lauding Aotearoa for its effective response. But another small Pacific nation has had even greater success in eradicating the coronavirus – Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/25/timor-lestes-ongoing-success-in-eradicating-the-coronavirus/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s ongoing success in eradicating the coronavirus">Read more</a>
