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Papua New Guinea to impose ‘harsh control measures’ as Covid outbreak spirals

Month-long restrictions to come into force as officials warn virus could rip through PNG’s fragile health system ‘like a tornado’ Papua New Guinea will go into a month-long nationwide isolation in an effort to arrest a spiralling Covid-19 outbreak that…

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Fisheries plant on Australia’s border could be used as cover for drugs, weapons and people smuggling, experts say

A $200m Chinese-built fish processing plant, proposed for the Papua New Guinean island of Daru, in the Torres Strait, brings risk of transnational crimeSecurity experts have warned a $200m Chinese-built fisheries plant, proposed for a Papua New Guinean…

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