Morrison addressing the media, says the outbreak in Papua New Guinea is a great concern to Australia
- raises risks for Australia
- says has suspended flights to the country, suspends all outbound travel exemptions to PNG
- announces an aid package for PNG
- Australia will send 8,000 AstraZeneca jabs to Papua New Guinea to vaccinate the country's frontline healthcare workers
- will send a formal request to AstraZeneca for 1m doses for PNG
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Positivity rates in the latest tests in PNG are through the roof:
- half the people tested at OK Tedi mine are positive
- half the women going into hospital to give birth
