First coronavirus-linked death in Melanesia as Papua New Guinea outbreak spreads
by Ben Doherty Pacific Editor from on (#55XFD)
Woman with cancer died with virus at the Port Moresby hospital linked to all recent cases
Papua New Guinea has recorded its first Covid-19-related death - the first Pacific island fatality outside US territories and the first in Melanesia - as it seeks to contain an outbreak in the main hospital in its capital, Port Moresby.
The 48-year-old woman - who had stage four breast cancer - died in Port Moresby general hospital on Sunday. She died with the novel coronavirus, doctors said, and her illness and death may have been complicated by Covid-19".
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