Monash Expert: COVID-19 crisis in PNG

Monash University

Queensland Health has confirmed the existence of a specific Papua New Guinea (PNG) strain of COVID-19 in the country. With more than 4500 confirmed cases (as of 24/3) – and that figure considered conservative with low testing rates – the situation in PNG is worrying.

Dr Rob Mitchell, an emergency physician doing his PhD at the Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, is on location in the Pacific and

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