Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has declared a national state of emergency and warned the public to prepare for a two-week national lockdown starting tomorrow.

A Papua New Guinean student evacuated from China by the PNG government will soon have to decide if he will return to his university in Shanghai.

The prime minister of Papua New Guinea has announced a raft of restrictions in response to the country's first confirmed case of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

At least 12 people have been buried by a landslip in the Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands Province.

Bougainville's president says if the Peace Agreement is adhered to, a good outcome should follow the recent referendum result.

The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league team are being kept in isolation after returning from Australia, as a precautionary measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus.

All national sporting facilities in Papua New Guinea have been closed for four weeks as a precautionary measure amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Countries around the Pacific continue to scramble to implement measures to safeguard citizens from the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The Papua New Guinea Hunters are set to return home after Queensland Rugby League suspended all statewide competitions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Papua New Guinea's hopes of qualifying for the Women's World Sevens Series are in limbo after the Challenger Series in South Africa was postponed in response to Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea's Opposition is calling for the government to declare a state of emergency so the country can deal with the threat of coronavirus.

Police in Papua New Guinea's Enga province say the Porgera area is "under control" after a massacre in which nine people were killed last week.

Police reinforcements have been deployed to the Papua New Guinea Highlands in the wake of a several mass killings in recent weeks.

Two Australians who crossed illegally into Papua New Guinea from Indonesia must spend two weeks quarantined, says PNG's health minister.

Papua New Guinea's Hunters rugby league team will remain in Queensland following travel restrictions brought in by the Australian government to stop the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus.