Authorities in Papua New Guinea are urging frontline health workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the country's national rollout gets underway. But a slow take up of the Astra Zeneca vaccine in Port Moresby is prompting some concern in regional PNG.

Locals say history is repeating itself in the coastal town of Alotau after a violent mob again ran amok through the town and police are once more searching for PNG's most notorious criminal.

After Papua New Guinea experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases in March and April, official numbers are now dropping. But there are concerns delayed test results in regional areas and missed cases could be contributing to the fall.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is set to launch his country's COVID-19 vaccination program. The country has received a supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine via a global scheme. PNG Correspondent Natalie Whiting reports.

Electricity is something you might take for granted. When a team of Rotary volunteers heard hospitals in Papua New Guinea are often doing their work using the torch of a smart phone they decided to do something about it.

Papua New Guinea's government has launched public consultation on whether to officially declare itself a Christian nation. The move has some commentator suggesting the move is bid to deflect attention from more pressing issues.

Sixty millennia ago, Australia was connected to Papua New Guinea and formed a mega-continent known as Sahu.

A traveller who unwittingly entered a common area of the Brisbane International Airport yesterday after arriving on a flight from Papua New Guinea tests positive to coronavirus. The airport has been declared a «venue of concern».

Queensland Health is awaiting further coronavirus tests on a traveller who returned an inconclusive result after unwittingly entering a common area of the Brisbane International Airport on their return from Papua New Guinea.

Two passengers who arrived from coronavirus-hit PNG were accidentally allowed into the departures area of Brisbane's international airport on Thursday morning, airport operators say.

A community group hits a roadblock in sending donations of health and education supplies to rural Papua New Guinea — then a transport company comes to the rescue.

Advocates for increased female political representation in PNG welcome support for five reserve seats for women, but more is needed.

In Papua New Guinea, a nation that has historically battled high rates of domestic violence, police are investigating the alleged death of two children at the hands of their father. A campaigner says it is time the nation addresses the causes of abuse.

Concerns have been raised in Papua New Guinea after an HIV advocate raised the alarm, when she discovered her anti retroviral drugs had expired earlier this year.

A historic warship that survived World War II missions behind Japanese lines, a brush with ISIS and two years on the seabed, is running out of time as a $400m ship lift is about to be built in its yard.

Sadie and Sydney Gow's love story began in 1945 as they sailed off to fight in the war — and in the latest chapter, Sadie will be wearing Sydney's WWII medals along with her own as she marches for the last time.

With a record of more than 300,000 new COVID infections in a single day, India's second wave is dwarfing its first and pointing to a tough time ahead.

Trade Minister Dan Tehan says after his arrival in the UK that he has been assured the European Union will not block the 1 million vaccine doses bound for Papua New Guinea.

Jeffrey Kennedy is committed to stand trial over the alleged rape of a teenage girl. His then-de facto partner Kathleen Johnson is also charged with sexually abusing the girl.

On some of the world's most spectacular reefs, an all-female team of Melanesian divers has played a crucial role in assessing the impact of widespread coral bleaching.

Vanuatu's health authorities order a localised three-day travel lockdown after the body of a COVID-19-positive sailor is found on a beach. It comes as a quarantine breach in Fiji triggers nationwide measures.

Vanuatu's health authorities order a localised three-day travel lockdown after the body of a COVID-19-positive sailor is found on a beach. It comes as a quarantine breach in Fiji triggers nationwide measures.

Travel ban in place as authorities probe death of Filipino sailor found on beach near capital, Port Vila.

The COVID-19 crisis has meant the plans of nearly 200 Papua New Guineans who were meant to travel to Australia last month for work are in limbo. But now the ABC understands there has been a formal request to fast-track vaccinations for these workers.

Have you noticed something different in your Facebook feed lately? The social media giant has launched campaigns in three Pacific countries to target fake news about COVID-19.

Small population sizes mean most Pacific countries are statistically unlikely to record a case of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine according to current data.

Keputusan Australia membatasi pemakaian vaksin AstraZeneca untuk kelompok di bawah 50 tahun telah menyebabkan keraguan vaksinasi di Papua Nugini yang saat ini sedang berlangsung. 

Miriam Siwi says she and her family won't be getting the AstraZeneca vaccine. She's one of a growing number of people in PNG worried about potential side effects.

'How do you survive in a city like Port Moresby ... you have to force yourself and pretend that you're not sick just to go to work.'

The race to vaccinate is a marathon, not a sprint, with countries around the world looking to multiple suppliers to help get them over the finish line.

Donna Kawabata says she found her husband dehydrated and in soiled trousers when she went to visit him in hospital after he tested positive to COVID-19. She did her best to help him for 11 days, but then he passed away.

The federal government says from April 19 it will supply doses of domestically manufactured COVID-19 vaccines to Melanesian countries.

A specialist Australian medical team and critical equipment are flown to Papua New Guinea to help respond to the country's surging coronavirus cases.

Health workers from Australia and the United States will fly to Papua New Guinea this morning, to help the country manage its COVID-19 outbreak.

Former PNG Defence Commander, General Jerry Singirok, believes the creation of a Pacific Islands regiment within the ADF would be the best way to advance military links in the region.