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Papua New Guinea Under the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Support from the World Health Organization

On March 20, 2020, the first positive case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was detected in Papua New Guinea (PNG). That same day, a state of emergency was declared in the country, thereby halting all incoming and domestic flights and limiting travel between provinces. Meanwhile, the PNG government established the National Control Centre (NCC) to specifically respond to the pandemic. The pandemic’s second wave struck local areas in February 2021, with a corresponding surge in the number of positive cases (Figure 1A). As of March 15, 2021, 54,410 nasal samples have been collected and tested nationwide, with 2,351 confirmed positive cases and 26 deaths.