Papua New Guinea to fit ankle monitors to arrivals in Covid quarantine
by Ben Doherty, Pacific editor from on (#5921M)
Government has struggled to control outbreaks in the capital while charter flights carrying foreign workers run risk of spreading virus
Papua New Guinea will fit everybody coming into the country with an electronic ankle monitor for the duration of their Covid-19 quarantine, the government's pandemic controller has said.
PNG has struggled to control outbreaks in the capital, Port Moresby, and western province, and charter flights carrying foreign workers run the risk of spreading the virus across the country.
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