Quiet streets, fuel lines follow declaration of emergency in Papua New Guinea
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Soldiers and police patrolled the quiet streets of Port Moresby on Friday morning as people joined long lines for fuel a day after Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency in response to a massive outbreak of rioting and violence. Prime Minister James Marape declared a 14-day state of emergency late on […]
COVID “tornado” hitting Papua New Guinea’s fragile hospitals, say health workers
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in hospitals in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea were hitting its fragile health system “like a tornado”, with services shutting as staff fall ill, health workers said on Wednesday. Australia said it would send 8,000 vaccines to its northern neighbour Papua New Guinea, responding to a […]
Papua New Guinea faces coronavirus crisis as infections rise
Sydney, AustraliaReuters The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea is facing a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the capital Port Moresby, which neighbouring Australia and aid groups fear could overwhelm the country’s small and overstretched health system. The Pacific Friends of Global Health warned if health services are overwhelmed by COVID-19 the treatment […]
Papua New Guinea farewells “grand chief” at state funeral
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Papua New Guineans gathered in their thousands to pay respect to their “grand chief” at a state funeral on Friday for Michael Somare, the former Prime Minister who led the Pacific archipelago to independence. Somare died on 26th February, aged 84, just weeks after he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. He served […]