1. 14 Day State of Emergency
This is to ensure we have an isolation strategy so that we can
pinpoint if the virus is present in our country after the first breach
of security.
Please click below to watch video
2. The first case
Has been transferred to Australia fit and well on Monday (March 23) morning and will undergo further medical tests. The results will be made known to the
country.
3. First case's impact assessment
We are doing steps retracing for the first case to ensure we have a map of
the impact (if any) so we can know correct statistics and put ins trategies to deal with the COVID-19.
4. State of Emergency conduct
- Provincial Governments through Provincial Administrators, will
coordinate with Provincial Health Authorities, Provincial Police
Commanders as lead agencies to handle awareness, and coordination of
prevention and treatment at the provincial level.
- No public travelling from district to district or province top rovince in country.
- All schools remain shut for 14 days, all-day students to stay at home and all boarding schools including universities and colleges are to maintain boarding of students but no classes are to be taught.
- Essential services will be maintained. That includes health services, public utilities, banks, shops, fuel stations, police and defence.
- All employers, including public services, should scale down workers in this period to ensure safe work place from the spread of Coronavirus.
- PNG Defence Force is on standby for call out to assist Police in this SOE period
and beyond.
- All spreading false rumours and organising public gatherings will be charged appropriately.
5. Economic Interventions
I had the pleasure of meeting with Central Bank, as well as all bank CEOs plus the two super funds, with the view that specific economic interventions be made for employees, individuals and business in our
country struggling as a result of this crisis we are in.
Conclusion
The COVID-19 has not killed one person yet in PNG. The only person who tested positive, after three tests, has left our country in a healthy state.
I ask our citizens not to panic.
Government will do everything
possible to stop from coming into PNG, stop from spreading, and stop from killing patients.
But in the first instance now, we want to map out our country within the
14 days to see which parts of our country ate attacked by the virus as a
matter of precaution.
Our people are asked to live healthy and clean.
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| PM Marape updating last night. |
pinpoint if the virus is present in our country after the first breach
of security.
Please click below to watch video
2. The first case
Has been transferred to Australia fit and well on Monday (March 23) morning and will undergo further medical tests. The results will be made known to the
country.
3. First case's impact assessment
We are doing steps retracing for the first case to ensure we have a map of
the impact (if any) so we can know correct statistics and put ins trategies to deal with the COVID-19.
4. State of Emergency conduct
- Provincial Governments through Provincial Administrators, will
coordinate with Provincial Health Authorities, Provincial Police
Commanders as lead agencies to handle awareness, and coordination of
prevention and treatment at the provincial level.
- No public travelling from district to district or province top rovince in country.
- All schools remain shut for 14 days, all-day students to stay at home and all boarding schools including universities and colleges are to maintain boarding of students but no classes are to be taught.
- Essential services will be maintained. That includes health services, public utilities, banks, shops, fuel stations, police and defence.
- All employers, including public services, should scale down workers in this period to ensure safe work place from the spread of Coronavirus.
- PNG Defence Force is on standby for call out to assist Police in this SOE period
and beyond.
- All spreading false rumours and organising public gatherings will be charged appropriately.
5. Economic Interventions
I had the pleasure of meeting with Central Bank, as well as all bank CEOs plus the two super funds, with the view that specific economic interventions be made for employees, individuals and business in our
country struggling as a result of this crisis we are in.
Conclusion
The COVID-19 has not killed one person yet in PNG. The only person who tested positive, after three tests, has left our country in a healthy state.
I ask our citizens not to panic.
Government will do everything
possible to stop from coming into PNG, stop from spreading, and stop from killing patients.
But in the first instance now, we want to map out our country within the
14 days to see which parts of our country ate attacked by the virus as a
matter of precaution.
Our people are asked to live healthy and clean.
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