National Pandemic Response

The CADUS Team were briefed a day before departing for Kokopo by the National Control Centre Emergency Team Lead, Dr Gary Nou and deputy Dr Kapua Kapua on what to know about PNG, East New Britain and the PNG health system.

CADUS Emergency Medical Team is a not-for-profit organization based in Berlin, Germany and its Government made their deployment to PNG financially possible.

The Controller of the National Pandemic Response, David Manning, said of those 39 new cases, two tested positive in Western Province, one in West Sepik Province and 37 in the National Capital District.

The Sandaun case is the first recorded in the province while Western Province has recorded its sixth and seventh case.

The West Sepik Provincial Health Authority yesterday confirmed that an adult male who had returned last fortnight from a training in Port Moresby was sick and tested positive in Vanimo on GeneXpert on Tuesday night.