Papua New Guinea has recorded 91 new COVID-19 cases last week, increasing the total number of cases to 15,133. The cases were reported in six provinces in which East New Britain reported the highest of 57 cases. West New Britain reported 17 new cases, Madang nine cases, National Capital District four whilst Morobe and Jiwaka reported two cases each. Of the 91 cases recorded, 58 were males and 33 were females. Their ages range between four to 69 years. At the time of testing, 75 cases were showing symptoms of COVID-19. The country’s COVID-19 cases now stands at 15,133 with…
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Papua New Guinea has recorded 130 new COVID-19 cases last week, increasing the total number of cases to 15,042. The cases were reported in 13 provinces in which New Ireland reported the highest of 27 cases. Southern Highlands reported 18 cases, Western Highlands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville 16 cases each, Manus 15, National Capital District 11, East New Britain 10, Morobe eight, Madang four cases, Eastern Highlands two and Enga, Jiwaka and Hela a single case each. Of the 130 cases recorded, 70 were males and 60 were females. Their ages range between six to 73 years. At…
The Hausples Online Flash Sale event offering discounted properties for rent to the public for a limited period of time has received a record of over 1,000 registrations with many property seekers demanding additional stock. The event has been marketed in April as the first online event of its kind in an effort to sustain the real estate industry during the Covid-19 lockdown. In anticipation of the actual event, Hausples made properties visible to the public on Thursday 6 May – one week prior to the discounts being revealed – allowing property seekers to browse through properties and bookmark those…
The National Airports Corporation (NAC) hereby advises the general public that the construction works on the runway at Wapenamanda Airport have now been substantially completed. This is a great relief for the air traveling public in Enga Province. Traveling to Mt Hagen (Kagamuga) Airport to board aeroplanes by the people of Enga Province will now be a thing of the past. Wapenamanda Airport upgrade is part of the Civil Aviation Development Investment Program (CADIP) co-financed by the Government of Papua New Guinea’s (GoPNG) and the Asian Development Bank. The objective of CADIP is to achieve the GoPNG’s priorities to revitalise…
Three new off-grid electrification projects supported by the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership will be rolled out in Morobe, Northern, Western and West Sepik provinces to provide access to reliable, affordable and clean energy. Australian High Commissioner Jon Philp announced the commencement of the projects, which will be funded by grants from the Pawarim Komuniti Offgrid Electrification Program – an initiative of the PNG–Australia Partnership. “We are delighted to announce the first three Pawarim Komuniti projects. Combined, these projects will provide access to solar lighting, cooking and charging facilities to thousands of people in rural and remote communities that are not…
Snapchat is releasing augmented-reality (AR) glasses to let some content creators put digital creations into the world around them. AR in this case is a mix of computer graphics, such as 3D models, overlaid on the real world. But the new version of the “Spectacles” product will not be available to just anyone. Instead, the company is offering them to a “select group of global creators” in the AR field. Snapchat is known for its AR “lenses” on phones, which overlay art on a user taking a selfie, or distort the live image in many different ways. The new spectacles…
India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly “black fungus” in a growing epidemic of the disease. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved by removing an eye. But in recent months, India saw thousands of cases affecting recovered and recovering Covid-19 patients. Doctors say there is a link with the steroids used to treat Covid. Diabetics are at particular risk. Doctors have told the BBC it seems to strike 12 to 18 days after recovery from Covid. The deadly ‘black fungus’ maiming Covid patients India’s holiest river is swollen…
A rise in popularity of online dating apps could be contributing to a sudden surge of sexually transmitted infections across Melbourne, epidemiologists warn. It comes as Alfred Health experts reported an increase in syphilis across Melbourne’s outer suburbs, with a 45 per cent spike in notified cases. Ophthalmologists have also reported a twenty-fold increase in people presenting with syphilis-related eye infections as Melbourne grapples with the “epidemic”. Deakin University epidemiologist Catherine Bennett said an increase in online dating and casual sex, and people missing early signs of infection, had contributed to the explosion of cases. “People have become less reliant on…
Prince William is reflecting on the death of his mother, the late Princess Diana. On Saturday, the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as part of his royal tour of the country. During his remarks, the 38-year-old royal said he was at Balmoral Castle when he learned of the tragedy. Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997 as she was being pursued by paparazzi. She was 36. “Along with listening this week, there is something I do want to tell you,” William began, according to People magazine. He continued: “Scotland is incredibly important to…
A mum sent a text saying “you’ve won” to her husband before tragically taking her own life, an inquest heard. Amanda Jayne Sedgwick, 49, was discovered dead in her bedroom after sending several messages to her husband following a fight. He was arrested on suspicion of murder but later released under investigation with no charges ever brought against him. An inquest heard how he and Amanda had been sending each other texts on May 19 last year “centred around the marriage not working”. DC Kate Norton told the hearing in Doncaster: “This had been a theme running for a long…