PNG suffers third COVID-19 death
Port Moresby: One more person has died from COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea, bringing the total to three.
Authorities said the latest victim is a 62-year-old man who went to Port Moresby General Hospital with symptoms on Wednesday.
Ten more cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Papua New Guinea yesterday, bringing the national total to 163.
Most of the cases relate to a cluster at Port Moresby’s main hospital, but the virus has now been confirmed in seven of the country’s 22 provinces.