One of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers warns low vaccination and testing rates are a ‘recipe for major spread’ of deadly strain
One of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers has warned the country’s low testing rates, high percentage of positive tests and low vaccination rates provide a “recipe for major spread of the Delta variant” after the country recorded its 12th case of the deadly strain.
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