‘Crisis unfolding’ as Papua New Guinea hospitals hit by worst Covid wave yet

Health authorities have been forced to turn a stadium into a makeshift hospital while elsewhere essential services are closing

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Hospitals in Papua New Guinea are being pushed to the brink and morgues are overflowing, as the country suffers what health authorities say is the worst surge in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.

The country's health care system has long been plagued by shortages of drugs, funding, an ailing infrastructure and a severe lack of health workers.