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First coronavirus-linked death in Melanesia as Papua New Guinea outbreak spreads

Woman with cancer died with virus at the Port Moresby hospital linked to all recent cases

Papua New Guinea has recorded its first Covid-19-related death – the first Pacific island fatality outside US territories and the first in Melanesia – as it seeks to contain an outbreak in the main hospital in its capital, Port Moresby.

The 48-year-old woman – who had stage four breast cancer – died in Port Moresby general hospital on Sunday. She died with the novel coronavirus, doctors said, and her illness and death “may have been complicated by Covid-19”.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2DUwOYN

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