The 40-year-old woman is a local resident of Kokopo in East New Britain Province.
“She’s a local person, she’s not coming from outside,” he told media.
“She’s kept in isolation while her village is in lockdown.”
The PM said the PNG Institute of Medical Research in Port Moresby picked up tests from persons of interests in ENB.
“At a time when the tests were picked up from three persons of interest, two returned negative while one returned positive this afternoon.”