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Published on April 9, 2021

PNG RECORDS 205 COVID-19 CASES ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 - TOTAL CASES AT 7,839

Papua New Guinea has recorded 205 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday on Wednesday April 7, increasing the total number of cases to 7,839. The country’s total known COVID-19 deaths is 68. The National Capital District reported 27 new cases of which 19 are males, seven females and one not stated. Their ages range from 23 to 68 years. Nineteen cases showed symptoms of COVID-19 whilst eight were asymptomatic at the time of testing. The reports from the 21 provinces including the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) that have reported COVID-19 cases are as follows: NCDNew cases: 27.Sex: 19 males, 7 females, 1 unknown.Age range: 23-68 years.Symptomatic: 19.Asymptomatic: 8.Deaths: 52.Total cases: 3,172. Western ProvinceNew cases: 119.Sex: 98 males, 19 females, 3 unknown.Age range: 11-60 years.Symptomatic: Nil.Asymptomatic: 119.Deaths: 2.Total cases: 2,090. SimbuNew cases: 23.Sex: 16 males, 6 females, 1 unknown.Age range: 27-70 years.Symptomatic: - 19.Asymptomatic: 4.Deaths: 2.Total cases: – 88; Morobe ProvinceNew cases: 16.Sex: 13 males, 3 females.Age range: 21-56 years.Symptomatic: 4.Asymptomatic: 12.Deaths: 3.Total cases: 374. East SepikNew cases: 9.Sex: 4 males, 4 females, 1 unknown.Age range: 24-67 years.Symptomatic: 7.Asymptomatic: 2.Deaths: 2.Total cases: - 81. Autonomous Region of BougainvilleNew cases: 4.Sex: 3 males, 1 unknown.Age range: 33-48 years.Symptomatic: 3.Asymptomatic: 1.Deaths: Nil.Total cases: 123. Jiwaka ProvinceNew cases: 4.Sex: 2 males, 1 female, 1 not known.Age range: 30-70 years.Symptomatic: 4.Asymptomatic: - Nil.Deaths: 1.Total cases: 44. Eastern Highlands ProvinceNew cases: 2.Sex: 2 males.Age range: 34-37 years.Symptomatic: - Nil.Asymptomatic: 2.Deaths: Nil.Total cases: 316. Western Highlands ProvinceNew cases: 1.Sex: 1 male.Age range: 47 years old.Symptomatic: 1.Asymptomatic: Nil.Deaths: 2.Total cases: 238. East New Britain ProvinceNew cases: 23.Sex: 8 males, 15 females.Age range: 22-61 years.Symptomatic: 9.Asymptomatic: 14.Deaths: Nil.Total cases: 294. Central ProvinceNew cases: 7.Sex: 4 males, 3 females.Age range: 30-76 years.Symptomatic: 4.Asymptomatic: 3.Deaths: Nil.Total cases: 97. Enga ProvinceNew cases: 7.Sex: 4 males, 3 females.Age range: 26-62 years.Symptomatic: 2.Asymptomatic: 5.Deaths: 1.Total cases: 65. West New Britain ProvinceNew cases: 7.Sex: 3 males, 4 females.Age range: 24-60 years.Symptomatic: 4.Asymptomatic: 3.Deaths: 2.Total cases: 221. West Sepik ProvinceNew cases: 5.Sex: 5 males.Age range: 40-53 years.Symptomatic: -Asymptomatic: 5.Deaths: 3.Total cases: 354. Hela ProvinceNew cases: 1.Sex: 1 male.Age range: 7 years.Symptomatic: - Nil.Asymptomatic: 1.Deaths: - Nil.Total cases: 26. Milne Bay ProvinceNew cases: 1.Sex: 1 female.Age range: 35 years.Symptomatic: - Nil.Asymptomatic: 1.Deaths: - Nil.Total cases: 14 New IrelandTotal cases: 89.Deaths: 2 deaths. Madang – 71.Southern Highlands – 66.Gulf – 13.Northern - 3. Globally, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 131,837,512 including 339,019 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The global death toll is 2,862,664 of which 4,914 were reported in the last 24 hours.

Published on April 9, 2021

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Published on April 9, 2021

MANNING URGES PEOPLE TO RELAY ONLY ON NCC AND NDOH FOR COVID-19 STATS AND INFO

Citizens must rely on the National Control Centre and the National Department of Health for up-to-date statistics and information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and no other sources said the Controller of the PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response and Police Commissioner David Manning. He has urged all citizens to rely on information on COVID-19 from the National Control Centre and the National Department of Health and not from other sources. Mr Manning said this to clarify questions from citizens on how figures from COVID-19 cases and deaths are obtained from the provinces. In response Mr Manning said there are well trained and committed medical professionals located in all provinces who are providing the information. “The information about new cases come to us from a number of sources. Health officials from all Provincial Health Authorities have been trained to take swabs for COVID-19, and most also have access to the GeneXpert testing platform which can give results within one hour. “Antigen Rapid Tests have also been dispatched to all provinces to provide testing at the point of care, for example a clinic or at someone’s home. Many samples are sent to the Institute of Medical Research or Central Public Health Laboratory for Polymerase Chain Reaction testing and some are sent onto partners in Australia or Singapore who also assist with testing. “In addition, individual labs or private companies such as those in the resources sector often have the capacity to conduct their own testing. All results must be provided to NCC within 24 hours, as per the latest measures. The majority of cases from Western have been reported from mass testing done of employees engaged in the private sector (mining). “In recent weeks, PHAs have also been taking more swabs and running tests, and you will see increased cases from the South Fly being reported,” Mr Manning explained. Meanwhile, Mr Manning said the surveillance team and the whole of NCC is aware of the higher number of cases in some provinces trending on social media and other platforms which are not featured in the NCC official provincial tally. He explained that cases cannot be reported until the case investigation forms (CIFs) are received from the provinces formally notifying the NCC’s Surveillance team of a case. “This is the same process that every province must follow before cases are reported. For deaths, we must also receive the death certificates and the COVID-19 death notification form,” said Mr Manning. Under the measures and directives issued by the Controller in the National Pandemic Act 2020 no-one is supposed to release any information on COVID-19 statistics to the public without first of all registering them with the NCC. He said there are sensitive processes governing this delicate procedure as it involves people’s lives. He said COVID-19 cases and related deaths are not just figures but has a human face where families are losing loved ones as cases continue to rise. He said given these reasons among others, proper procedures have to be followed carefully to release the number of cases and COVID-19 deaths.

Published on April 9, 2021

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Published on April 9, 2021

TRUKAI SUPPORTS MAJOR HOSPITALS WITH RICE

PNG’s leading rice company, Trukai Industries Limited has donated four tonnes of rice to four major hospitals around the country to assist them with food supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Port Moresby General Hospital, Angau Memorial Hospital, Goroka and Mt Hagen hospitals all receive a tonne of rice each this week. The company’s Marketing Manager, Maryanne Tom said the donation is part of the company’s corporate responsibility. “Despite these challenging times, we are happy that as a business we are able to continue our community programs in giving back to the communities in which we live and operate in. “Our hospitals need our support to help them get through these very challenging and unprecedented times”, she said. “One thing for sure that we are very proud of at Trukai is our strong community support”. “We started supporting Port Moresby General Hospital last year in April during the first lockdown with monthly rice donations and we are continuing this support. “We also provide similar support to St John Ambulance in Port Moresby to help with catering purposes for their volunteers to ensure there they continue to provide critical health care and services for our people”, said Tom. Port Moresby General Hospital CEO, Dr Paki Molumi expressed gratitude towards Trukai Industries for the timely support to cater for COVID patients. “I thank Trukai Industries for the continuous support. Certainly, this further assistance will be able to feed over 50 COVID patients admitted at Port Moresby General Hospital and 30 at Rita Flynn. We also support our staff that are infected with COVID and isolated with food rations and Trukai rice is included in that support”, said Dr Paki Molumi. Other hospitals also thank Trukai Industries Limited for the timely support during the pandemic. Captions: Trukai Industries Limited, Marketing Manager Maryanne Tom (left) handing over the 1 tonne ( 100 bags) of rice to PMGH Executive Officer , Collin Mapat in Port Moresby yesterday ( Thursday 7th April) Trukai’s Goroka Area Sales Manager, Vagi Asitore (left) handing over a tonne of rice to the representatives of Goroka General Hospital.

Published on April 8, 2021

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Published on April 8, 2021

COCA-COLA AMATIL PNG PARTNERS NCC IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Coca Cola Amatil PNG has come onboard to assist the staff of the National Control Centre who work tirelessly to contain COVID-19 in the country. Coca- Cola Amatil Ltd donated cases of Natures Own Water, Fanta Strawberry and Coca-cola drinks to the staff of the National Control Centre in Waigani today. The donation was received by Dr. Esrom Daoni, Incident Manager at the National Coordinating Centre. Dr. Daoni said the donation will assist the staff who tirelessly work behind the scenes to support the work of the National Control Centre. Dr. Daoni thanked Coca-Cola Amtil PNG for the donation.

Published on April 8, 2021

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Published on April 8, 2021

CPL GROUP SUPPORTS PORT MORESBY NATURE PARK

The CPL Group of Companies have expanded their support to Port Moresby Nature Park by officially becoming a new sponsor of the Park. This announcement was made this morning with a cheque presentation of K70, 000, by Mr. Navin Raju, CEO of CPL Group of Companies. Mr. Raju along with CPL Group GM, Group Strategic Marketing, Mr. Kevin Alo and team, visited the Port Moresby Nature Park today as a gesture to show its continuous support to the Nature Park’s conservation efforts in preserving and protecting PNG’s Wildlife and flora. Prior to today’s event, CPL Group has supported the Nature Park through various weekly donations of vegetables to help keep the Park’s animals nourished. “One of CPL Groups’ values is to BE RESPONSIBLE; that is to our people, our community and our environment. This partnership is made on our community response strategy to those whom are facing challenges during this pandemic. We work with a cross-section of society from rural farmers to community organisations who have a greater ‘Circle of Influence’ and we believe that Nature Park’s influence is with young citizens and the greater community-and that is exceptional work. We also look forward to working with Nature Park in the future to establish programs that will educate our community on the different species of flora, fauna and also wildlife in our islands”, said Navin Raju, CPL Group CEO. Port Moresby Nature Park’s General Manager, Mr. David Thompson said CPL’s enhanced Sponsorship to the Park is a huge effort towards supporting local communities and the Nature Park is truly grateful to receive such support. “We are all about helping our communities and a big part of that is educating locals about the importance of protecting PNG’s wildlife. We can now continue to effectively do that and give an insight into what we do here at the park in terms of wildlife conservation through continuous partnerships & support from local businesses such as this.” added Mr. Thompson. CPL Group of Companies’ sponsorship adds tremendous value to continuous conservation efforts made by Port Moresby Nature Park in Protecting local Wildlife, and other flora and fauna in PNG. Thanks to CPL, the Nature Park can continue to educate children and the local community, about PNG Wildlife and to develop a love for the natural environment; especially during this COVID-19 pandemic, where it has been difficult & challenging not only for us, but zoos and parks worldwide are facing a similar dilemma. Port Moresby Nature Park is a charity organization that relies on grants and donor funding to operate. By visiting the park and joining its Annual Membership Program, you help support the Park’s efforts in preserving PNG’s unique natural environment for future generations, including the Park’s 550 resident animals, majority of which have been surrendered to the Park for care. ______________________________

Published on April 8, 2021

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Published on April 8, 2021

NASFUND COMMENDS GOVERNMENT ON PORGERA MINE DEVELOPMENT

The National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) has welcomed the announcement by Government of the impending reopening of the Porgera Gold Mine in Enga Province. In an announcement on Sunday April 7, 2020, Prime Minister James Marape stated that operations would soon recommence, under the SML granted to Kumul Minerals, with former mine operator Barrick Niugini Ltd to be a part of the new-look operations at Porgera, with an agreement to formalize this, expected to be signed soon. In acknowledging this development, Nasfund CEO Ian Tarutia, says the decision by Government to work together with former Porgera developer Barrick Niugini Limited is one that bodes well for the future of the mine, and its employees. “Following the closure of Porgera in April 2020, many direct employees and contractors have been hard hit, with the Fund playing our part in providing relief through unemployment benefit payments for eligible members. Whilst we continue to support our members through our service offering, we also remind our members that superannuation should only be utilized when you retire, not whilst you are still within the age of active employment. Especially against the backdrop of limited high impact economic activity, this announcement by Government is welcome, as it will boost investor confidence in PNG’s economy, but more importantly provide jobs for many, most of whom are our members. As the superannuation fund serving the majority of employers, employees and contractors in Porgera, we are pleased that steps are being taken to restart the mine operations. We look forward to welcoming back our contributing members when Porgera restarts operations. Nasfund stands ready to partner with you to ensure you are ready for retirement.”

Published on April 8, 2021