National Capital District is ready for the coronavirus disease.
Governor for National Capital District, Powes Parkop, assured the citizens of NCD that the capital city of PNG is ready to combat the COVID-19 if it does come into the city.
Since Port Moresby is the main entry point to the country, Governor Parkop has requested for a testing laboratory to be installed in Port Moresby.
“We are pandemic ready,” was the governor’s confident declaration as he faced the media at the city hall yesterday in the presence of NCD Commission officials, Senior NCD police officers, St John Ambulance and the Member for Port Moresby North East, John Kaupa.
While appealing to the public, especially social media users, to not create panic, Governor Parkop did not waste this opportunity to emphasise more on his hygiene policy and the law on betelnut ban in Port Moresby as a remedy to stop the transmission of virus.
“Important thing that I want to emphasize is that our people not to panic or to create pandemonium among our people. We must remain calm but importantly do our part, the basic things that we need to do in order to help the ministerial task force overcome this challenge and I believe we can all do this," he said.
The most simple way to protect oneself as it is being advocated is to wash hands with soap and use sanitizers. But the question is, do we have enough potable water in NCD?
If you are panicking than you can help yourself by reducing your panicking and stress level by improving your hygiene.
“If you are prepared then you should be calm like some of us are being calm,” Parkop said.
“In terms of water in the city, it’s a difficult issue but Eda Ranu will be brought into the Provincial Emergency Committee to improve water supply to residents in the city.”
“Some of the initiatives that we all must do together: Number 1. We are going to stop all public gathering including sports. Number 2. All Public meetings will be banned. Number 3. Public walks for Life from NCD will be put on hold and even the churches will not be allowed to gather, especially on Sundays,” he said.