Small population sizes mean most Pacific countries are statistically unlikely to record a case of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine according to current data.

Keputusan Australia membatasi pemakaian vaksin AstraZeneca untuk kelompok di bawah 50 tahun telah menyebabkan keraguan vaksinasi di Papua Nugini yang saat ini sedang berlangsung. 

Miriam Siwi says she and her family won't be getting the AstraZeneca vaccine. She's one of a growing number of people in PNG worried about potential side effects.

'How do you survive in a city like Port Moresby ... you have to force yourself and pretend that you're not sick just to go to work.'

The race to vaccinate is a marathon, not a sprint, with countries around the world looking to multiple suppliers to help get them over the finish line.

Donna Kawabata says she found her husband dehydrated and in soiled trousers when she went to visit him in hospital after he tested positive to COVID-19. She did her best to help him for 11 days, but then he passed away.

The federal government says from April 19 it will supply doses of domestically manufactured COVID-19 vaccines to Melanesian countries.

A specialist Australian medical team and critical equipment are flown to Papua New Guinea to help respond to the country's surging coronavirus cases.

Health workers from Australia and the United States will fly to Papua New Guinea this morning, to help the country manage its COVID-19 outbreak.

Former PNG Defence Commander, General Jerry Singirok, believes the creation of a Pacific Islands regiment within the ADF would be the best way to advance military links in the region.

We're just a stone's throw from the Australian mainland in PNG, but the situation couldn't be more different, writes Bernadette Yakopa.

We're just a stone's throw from the Australian mainland in PNG, but the situation couldn't be more different, writes Bernadette Yakopa.

Calls to distribute vaccine to regional PNG after 75 per cent of doctors at one hospital test positive for COVID-19, forcing services to close.

Scott Morrison has called out the European Union after officials in Brussels denied blocking the export of COVID-19 vaccines to Australia. Andrew Probyn reports.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk thanks staff at Redcliffe Hospital for their treatment of PNG politician Malcolm 'Kela' Smith, who died of COVID-19 complications at the Queensland facility on Monday.

Papua New Guinea MP Robert Agarobe honors businessman and former regional governor Malcolm 'Kela' Smith, who died from COVID-19 complications in Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane, on Monday.

There's fears that Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 crisis is being used as an excuse to carry out sorcery accusation violence as the number of coronavirus cases climb.

A new COVID Assist team based in the northern Australian city of Cairns is chipping in to help with the COVID-19 outbreak in PNG, including donations of personal protective equipment to remote parts of the country.

A doubling of Covid-19 numbers in Papua New Guinea has prompted calls for Australia to assist with our northern neighbour's vaccination programme.

With flights suspended and travel between the two countries severely limited, people in Australia are growing increasingly worried about their loved ones in PNG as the country’s COVID-19 crisis worsens.

Papua New Guinea is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, raising concerns for Australians with family there. Marian Faa reports.

With flights suspended and travel between the two countries severely limited, people in Australia are growing increasingly worried about their loved ones in PNG as the country’s COVID-19 crisis worsens.

With flights suspended and travel between the two countries severely limited, people in Australia are growing increasingly worried about their loved ones in PNG as the country’s COVID-19 crisis worsens.

A public health expert says Australia should prioritise vaccinating Papua New Guinean citizens over its own general population.

New infections have almost doubled in the past week, putting increased pressure on the fragile health system. Natalie Whiting reports.

There are no athletes at the Rita Flynn Sporting Complex in Port Moresby. Instead, the people now gathered at the facility are either outside waiting to get a coronavirus test or inside being treated for the virus.

There are no athletes at the Rita Flynn Sporting Complex in Port Moresby. Instead, the people now gathered at the facility are either outside waiting to get a coronavirus test or inside being treated for the virus.

Medical experts in Australia's nearest neighbour are battling not only a wave of new coronavirus infections, but a deluge of misinformation.

Queensland Health says a new strain of COVID-19 detected in travellers from Papua New Guinea isn't a «lineage of concern».

Medical experts in Australia's nearest neighbour are battling not only a wave of new coronavirus infections, but a deluge of misinformation.

Australian medical teams have landed in Papua New Guinea to help manage its coronavirus crisis — but health workers warn the hard work has only just begun.

There are calls being made in Papua New Guniea to Strip Miss PNG 2019 of her crown after she posted a video of herself dancing on Tiktok but others are saying that she should be free to express herself.

Queensland Health says a new strain of COVID-19 detected in travellers from Papua New Guinea isn't a «lineage of concern».

Australia is working with its fellow QUAD nations to deliver vaccines to Indo Pacific countries.

Despite PNG's growing COVID-19 crisis there are still two provinces in the country, Manus and Oro, that are still technically free of the disease.