2020 in Papua New Guinea

2020
in
Papua New Guinea

  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
Decades:
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
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Events in the year 2020 in Papua New Guinea.

Incumbents

Events

  • 20 March – The first case in of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed.[1]
  • 30 January – All travelers from Asian countries were banned and the border with Indonesia was closed in order to slow the spread of the virus.[2]
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gollark: They have, of course, launched "COVID marshals" and encouraged people to report violations since, but I'd really just expect that to create more resentment.
gollark: Having a lockdown in the first place and then inconsistent and rather bees rules since has probably burned through many people's available annoying-thing-tolerance.
gollark: People's willingness to tolerate annoying things is limited.
gollark: I do not think that is accurate.

References

  1. "PNG Confirms first Case of Coronavirus-COVID -19". Papua New Guinea Today (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. "PNG: Government steps up coronavirus response". ABC Radio Australia. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-06-19.


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