Papua New Guinea's massive Ok Tedi mine closes as Covid cases spread to new areas
by Ben Doherty Pacific Editor from on (#56KCX)
Operation shuts for 14 days as coronavirus infections rise more than ten-fold in three weeks
Cases of Covid-19 in Papua New Guinea have spread to new provinces, forcing the closure of the massive Ok Tedi mine, and sparking warnings that a surge in infections, potentially in the thousands, could strike the country in the next few months.
Seven workers at the Ok Tedi mine near the Indonesian border have tested positive to Covid-19. The mine has traced the infections back to a single worker who is believed to have contracted the virus from a person who had flown from Port Moresby to Kiunga on a commercial flight late last month.
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