Western Highlands Province this week joined the list of high-risk provinces and is now the fourth province after Western, Eastern Highlands and West Sepik Province with an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, including deaths recorded at the Mt Hagen General Hospital this week. Acting CEO for the Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority Jane Holden revealed that the province is the second in the highlands region to report an outbreak in COVID-19 cases and deaths with 25 reported deaths so far and 844 positive cases. “Of the 844 people testing positive to COVID-19, 61 of them are staff…
Author: Rolland BANABA
All recent deaths from COVID-19 recorded at the Port Moresby General Hospital so far are persons who have not been vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines. Dr Maria Moguma from the hospital’s COVID-19 ICU ward revealed this at the B4H (Businesses for Health) Private sector monthly Zoom Meeting this week. She said apart from that, there has been no deaths of children or persons below the age 18. She also made known that two pregnant mothers have succumbed to the disease so far while encouraging the vaccination for pregnant mums. Port Moresby General Hospital CEO Dr. Paki Molumi has said this…
The Port Moresby General Hospital just confirmed three COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is following the increase of positivity cases from 33% on the 27th of September 2021 to 70% as of today. Chief Executive officer of the hospital, Dr Paki Molumi confirmed that there are currently 92 COVID-19 patients admitted at the hospital. “This means that in every 10 patients with cough, flu, running nose and fever who have been tested for COVID-19, seven of these patients tested positive to COVID-19.” “Our 19-bed isolation ward is full and we’ve opened up another medical ward to cater…
PORT Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) will be scaling down its services effective Wednesday, 6 October, 2021. The CEO of the Hospital Dr Paki Molumi released a circular this afternoon warning the public in NCD of the 3rd wave of COVID-19 cases which the hospital is currently dealing with. “Since the end of September, PMGH has been experiencing a 3rd Wave of COVID-19 with a current admission of 88 COVID-19 patients, 30 of which were admitted in the last 24 hours.” “This number is expected to rise over the next couple of weeks before things settle down.” “All hospital clinical and…
The COVID-19 Mobile Vaccination sites in NCD have started to attract a huge number of people as of this week following a surge in Delta Variant cases in the country. Stop and Shop Waigani Central is one of the designated sites that St John Ambulance staff have set up a booth to vaccinate the public for free. People started lining up as early as 8am to receive the vaccine and by 10am, the line was already blocking off the entrance of the supermarket. A female from the Enga province(named) who was also standing in line waiting her turn said she’s…
The three leading provinces with COVID-19 infections on a daily basis; West Sepik, Eastern Highlands and the Western Province will be going into an imminent lockdown as the country braces itself for a COVID-19 surge. Acting Prime Minister Soroi Eoe made the announcement this afternoon following a whole day meeting at the National Control Center on strategies and new measures that will be announced tomorrow. Eoe said the new measures will not restrict people’s movement from one place to another, however there will be some form of control to address the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country. “What…
The BSP Marketing Team have set up a booth at the 1st UPNG Professional Studies Tourism Seminar happening today to assist students and staff in opening BSP bank accounts. BSP sponsorship coordinator Lois Garena said BSP is supporting this event by bringing their services to the event which is more convenient for staff and students attending the event. “We’ll be opening live accounts, that’s the Kids savings account, the Sumatin Accounts for University students and the Kundu account.” “We are also doing live mobile banking registration and internet banking registration at our booth,” said Garena. Meanwhile for those that are…
Papua New Guinea has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and just like other countries in the world, PNG has also recorded a huge drop in the tourism industry, employment and revenue in 2020. The Chief Executive officer for the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority Mr Eric Mossman Uvovo revealed this at the 1st UPNG Professional Studies Tourism Seminar that took place today. Mr Mossman said the impact of COVID-19 has been severe, affecting the number of tourists the country receives every year. ” PNG recorded a huge drop of 80% or 170, 000 less arrivals compared to the 210,…
The Daru hospital in the Western Province has closed as of Tuesday this week following an influx of COVID-19 patients into the hospital. Deputy Controller Dr Daoni Esorom said the hospital is currently treating 80 COVID-19 patients and they don’t have any more beds to cater for patients. Meanwhile a senior doctor of the hospital is very sick with symptoms of Delta Variant. “The doctor that is looking after the emergency department and the clinical services of the hospital is currently in a critical condition.” “We are planning to medivac her to Port Moresby and we are pretty sure that…
The Gerehu Secondary School will be hosting an inhouse pre-independence celebration on Wednesday the 15th of September to mark the country’s 46 years of Independence. Expressive Arts teacher Ms Elizabeth Tandoa said the event will not be opened to the public as in the previous years due to the COVID-19 restrictions they must observe for this year. “This event is only for the students from this school, however we can make an exception for parents to join us but it won’t be open to the general public.” Ms Tandoa said her expressive arts students will also be performing a unique…