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Port Moresby hospital warns of COVID patients dying in car parks as PNG suffers coronavirus surge
The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Papua New Guinea has reached a record high, with 295 cases recorded in a 24-hour period.
Key points:
- COVID-19 patients are being treated outside isolation wards in Port Moresby
- A photo of a dying woman at the hospital has led to public outcry
- Hospital workers say they are overwhelmed, and are predicting a further rise in “unexpected deaths”
The number of COVID-19 cases across the country has tripled over the past month, with the country’s major hospital reporting seven out of every 10 symptomatic patients are testing positive to coronavirus.
The surge is putting pressure on PNG’s already vulnerable health system, with the Port Moresby General Hospital warning that the spike in COVID-19 cases will…
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