21 Jul 2020

Community spread of Covid-19 in PNG very concerning - WHO

From , 6:03 am on 21 July 2020

The World Health Organisation says the possible community spread of Covid-19 in Papua New Guinea's capital is very concerning. 

A 48-year-old woman who died of cancer at Port Moresby hospital was found to have had the virus when was tested during a post mortem. 

She's the sixth case confirmed in the city this past week, most of them staff at the Port Moresby General Hospital complex. 

The WHO's incident controller for PNG, Sean Casey, says community transmission in the densely-populated capital is a worrying prospect, one they're desperately trying to contain. 

Jamie Tahana started by asking him about the latest case. 

Port Moresby's waterfront has been re-developed in time for the APEC leaders Summit in mid-November 2018

Port Moresby Photo: RNZ / Koroi Hawkins