{"id":9703,"date":"2021-01-18T09:09:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=151204"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:09:26","slug":"expatriate-in-png-tests-positive-with-covid-and-admitted-to-private-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/18\/expatriate-in-png-tests-positive-with-covid-and-admitted-to-private-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>An expatriate is admitted to Pacific International Hospital …<\/div>\n
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By The National<\/a> in Port Moresby<\/em><\/p>\n

An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby, an official has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Pacific International Hospital (PIH) chief executive officer Colonel Sandeep Shaligram told
The National<\/em> the case had been immediately reported to the Covid-19 National Control Centre (NCC) when the man tested positive.<\/p>\n

He said it was the only confirmed as a covid-19 case when tested at the hospital last week.<\/p>\n

Colonel Shaligram said the hospital had reported the case to the NCC when the man was tested positive and admitted.<\/p>\n

He also confirmed that another patient admitted was medically evacuated overseas but said the illness was not related to the Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Shaligram said the only other case that had tested positive at the hospital was from  samples received from East New Britain last week which was also reported to the NCC.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as a test is returned positive, we report it to the NCC and they do the contact tracing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Male expatriate aged about 50<\/strong>
According to sources, the patient currently admitted is a male expatriate aged around 50 who is feeling better and wanting to be medically evacuated overseas.<\/p>\n

A woman who took the man to the hospital had tested negative.<\/p>\n

The case of the Port Moresby man currently admitted at PIH was, however, not included in the NCC update circulated to the media last week.<\/p>\n

It is not known what steps had been taken by the NCC to conduct contact tracing.<\/p>\n

The only two cases in Port Moresby reported by the centre were of a 47-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man.<\/p>\n

Attempts by The National<\/em> to get comments from the Health Department and the Deputy National Pandemic Response Controller were not successful.<\/p>\n

National cases total now 834<\/strong>
The national total for covid-19 cases stands at 834 as of last Thursday.<\/p>\n

It included a 48-year-old male mining contractor at Ok Tedi Mine who was tested positive on his return to work in North Fly.<\/p>\n

He was not showing any symptoms of the covid-19 at the time of testing but swab samples returned positive.<\/p>\n

According to the NCC, 19 cases of covid-19 were reported last week from around the country.<\/p>\n

Asia Pacific Report republishes The National articles with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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