Marape said these test results were from the PNG Institute of Medical Research in Goroka, where he personally verified the information with the institute’s director, Professor William Pomat.
“Three are from Western Province, they are established as traditional border crossers,” the PM said in a media briefing at Manasupe Haus.
“Ol sa muv go kam lo said blo yumi lo Papua Niu Gini go long West Papua.”
Those border crosses infected include a 12-year-old boy, a 30-year-old man and an adult female whose age is yet to be established.