8,000 Aussie Vaccine Doses Arrive in Papua New Guinea Amid Outbreak

8,000 Aussie Vaccine Doses Arrive in Papua New Guinea Amid Outbreak
Australian officials carry boxes containing some 8,000 initial doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Port Moresby international airport on March 23, 2021. Andrew Kutan/Getty Images
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As Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) health system struggles to cope with an influx of CCP virus patients, Australia’s Labor opposition has questioned whether the Morrison government is doing enough to help.
PNG has so far recorded 3,359 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus. PNG’s COVID-19 death toll sits at 36.
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