25 Feb 2021

PNG's health resources stretched amid covid surge

From , 6:02 am on 25 February 2021

Papua New Guinea health authorities are struggling to gauge the extent of the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

Over a hundred new confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in the past several days, taking the total number to 1,111.

Johnny Blades is follolwing developments there and joins me now, kia ora Johnny, so fair to say PNG authorities have been able to conduct only limited testing so far?

Papua New Guinea's Health Minister Jelta Wong

Papua New Guinea's Health Minister Jelta Wong Photo: EMTV