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Papua New Guinea – Covid – 19 (Coronavirus)

On the 20th of March, Papua New Guinea announced its first case of Covid-19.  On the 24th March (yesterday), Prime Minister James Marape declared a state of emergency for the country. 
All domestic flights have been grounded and some people have begun working from home.
The Coronavirus is said to have begun spreading in December 2019, in Wuhan, China.
To date, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine website, there are 470,973 total confirmed cases, 21,276 deaths and 114,012 recoveries throughout the world.

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