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The rise of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea

2021/3/31
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Papua New Guinea has been somewhat sheltered from the COVID-19 pandemic, with relatively low numbers throughout 2020. Since late February, however, the country has experienced a spike in new cases.

Dr Deborah Devis, a science journalist with the Royal Institution of Australia,  talks to Professor Leanne Robinson, Program Director of Health Security and Group Leader and Vector-Borne Diseases & Tropical Public Health at the Burnet Institute, to discuss the situation.

 

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