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051121 DUSK TO DAWN CURFEW TO BEGIN THIS SUNDAY
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A dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed throughout Bougainville during the 14 days lockdown period between Sunday 7th November and Sunday 21st November, 2021.
This means all vehicles boats and people will not be allowed to walk around the town during the curfew hours unless they are sick and need to go to the Hospital.
The Curfew hours will be monitored by the Bougainville Police Service.
The Regional Pandemic Controller and Health Secretary, CLEMENT TOTAVUN told reporters in Buka today that penalty that will be imposed to curfew breakers will announced tomorrow after meeting with the Bougainville Police Commissioner, ACP FRANCIS TOKURA.
MR. TOTAVUN said that these measures are to make sure we control the spread of covid 19 in the region by controlling the movement of people as when people move the virus also moves.

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251021ALL PASSENGERS COMING TO BOUGAINVILLE MUST PRESENT NEGATIVE TEST RESULT BEFORE BOARDING FLIGHT TO BUKA

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All passengers coming to Bougainville must present a negative Covid-19 test result taken 48 to 72 hours hours before boarding a flight into Bougainville.
The new measure is contained in Supplementary SEVEN measure taken by the Bougainville Regional Pandemic Controller and Health Secretary, CLEMENT TOTAVUN and announced today.
MR, TOTAVUN said that he made this new measure because many passengers arriving in Bougainville have been tested positive on arrival in Buka due to they not complying in the previous measures.
He said it was now mandatory for all passengers travelling to Buka both vaccinated or not must be tested 48 or 72 hours before boarding a flight into Buka.
The Pandemic Controller said that both Air Niugini and PNG AIR have been notified on these changes.
These new measures will take effect on Wednesday this week.

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131021PEMANA LEADS WITH VACCINATION OF ITS WORKERS
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PEMANA LIMITED has again taken the lead in making sure its workers are protected and safe to work during these tough times of the rising corona virus in Papua New Guinea.
Today the management of PEMANA LIMITED invited the staff of the Health Department to vaccinate staff who were willing to be vaccinated outside their office.
Owner of PEMANA LIMITED, FIDELIS SEMOSO told New Dawn FM that he wants to make sure his workers are protected and wants customers entering his stores to make sure they were masks and maintain social distancing at all times.
He said it’s no longer something that we can just know and keep silent as it was getting worse in other parts of Papua New Guinea especially the Highlands region.
Eighteen staff of PEMANA LIMITED were vaccinated today whilst MR. SEMOSO and his family will be vaccinated at the BEL ISI PARK this Friday.
Tomorrow the Health team will be at the HOUSEHOLD Supermarket between 9am and 12middday.
The health officials told New Dawn FM that vaccination teams were currently visiting communities throughout North Bougainville before they move into Central and South Bougainville.
They said they need to vaccinate more Bougainvilleans as so far they have vaccinated just below one hundred persons.

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131021 TEN PROVINCES CLASSIFIED AS HIGH RISK PROVINCES
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The National Control centre for Covid 19 has classified ten provinces in Papua New Guinea as high risk provinces and its up to the individual Provinces to institute their own measures as required to suit each Provinces needs to respond to Covid 19.
The Provinces are, Western, Sandaun (West Sepik) Western Highlands, Eastern Highlands, Morobe, Chimbu,Enga, Hela, Jiwaka and the Southern.
This direction comes into effect as of today 13th October, 2021 and continues in force during the period of the declaration of a pandemic or as amended in writing by the Controller, DAVID MANNING.
Although Bougainville is not in the high risk category, it has stepped up checks at airports as of yesterday.
Bougainville Regional Pandemic Controller and Health Secretary, CLEMENT TOTAVUN as already issued control measures for Bougainvilleans to follow and took effect yesterday.
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111021BOUGAINVILLE STEPS UP CHECKS FOR PASSENGERS INTO BOUGAINVILLE

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Bougainville has stepped up its checks on passengers coming into Bougainville as of today as covid-19 has increased in other parts of Papua New Guinea.
This was announced by the Bougainville Regional Pandemic Controller and Health Secretary, CLEMENT TOTAVUN today.
He announced new measures that all Passengers coming to Bougainville must adhere to.
They are : Passengers traveling to Bougainville must have a good reason and that persons travelling to Bougainville must produce a negative test for covid-19 within 48 hours of travelling.
And in Bougainville persons reporting to any Health Facility in Bougainville with symptoms of covid-19 must be tested and confirmed weather they are positive or negative.
He said other measures are that all gatherings must be of twenty people or less and all persons must wear face mask at public places.

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261020TOKURA GIVES APPROVAL FOR THE REOPENING OF THE AROPA AIRPORT.
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THE Aropa Airport in Central Bougainville is open and is set to receive its first passenger flight this coming Thursday says Bougainville SOE Controller Francis Tokura.
The SOE Controller told New Dawn FM that he gave the approval for the Aropa Airport to open two months ago and was waiting for the Health Response Team in Central to organize the Quarantine facility for passengers travelling via the Aropa Airport.
Mr. Tokura says since the Central Bougainville does not have a quarantine facility, a Senior Quarantine Officer was sent to Arawa today to sit and discuss with the Health Response Team to sort out this quarantine facility issue.
Aropa airport will be getting charter, medivac and freight flights and will be receiving one passenger flight every week on Thursdays only.
Mr. Tokura said he will give the green light for the first passenger flight to Aropa Airport this Thursday once he gets a call from the Senior Quarantine Officer if the issue of the quarantine facility is sorted out this week
The Aropa aiport will be receiving only small planes like PNG Air and Air Niugini Dash 8 until such time airline operators increase their flight schedules to Aropa and a proper quarantine facility is secured.
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SOE Extended
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The State of Emergency on Bougainville will continue after the Bougainville House of Representatives reached a unanimous decision to continue the lockdown on Bougainville.
SOE Controller Assistant Commissioner Francis Tokura said that with the SOE still in place Bougainvilleans are required to abide by its orders.
He said security along Bougainville’s maritime borders will be beefed up and flights into Bougainville will be monitored closely.
However this decision will adapt to the new normal initiative that allows schools to operate as well as public transportation.
On a broader scale the ABG Health Department with the Australian Government have been providing technical and clinical support in readiness of a possible outbreak.
Several other initiatives are also being carried out by the ABG to curb the spread of a possible outbreak of the COVID – 19 pandemic.
Tokura has further cautioned restraint and preventative measures such as social distancing as cautionary measures on Bougainville.
The SOE has been extended for another two months by the ABG Parliament from October 17 to December 17 of this year.

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210820TOTAVUN SAYS COVID 19 STILL GOING UP
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The Bougainville Health Secretary and Deputy State of Emergency Controller, CLEMENT TOTAVUN says Bougainville should maintain protocols like social distancing and washing off hands frequently to avoid contracting Covid-19.
He said this is because Bougainville is not immune to covid-19 as the number of dead from Corona virus rises all over the world.
MR.TOTAVUN said as of yesterday the number of cases in Papua New Guinea has risen to 359 and three deaths so far.
He said that the positive case reported on Bougainville remains asymptomatic with the person not showing any signs of sickness so far.
MR. TOTAVUN said that the person has been isolated from the community.

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210820 STATE OF EMERGENCY TILL SEPTEMBER 4
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The State of Emergency Controller on Bougainville and Chief of Bougainville Police Service, DCP FRANCIS TOKURA says that the new State of Emergency Declared by the Bougainville Executive Council on August 14th will lapse on September 4th, 2020.
He said that all orders declared under the first two declarations first on March 23rd and 11th June, 2020 will still apply within the 21 day BEC State of Emergency dated 14th August, 2020 to September 4th, 2020.

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200820 IMMUNIZATION BEGINS ON BOUGAINVILLE
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The Health Secretary for the Department of Health on Bougainville and Deputy State of Emergency Controller, CLEMENT TOTAVUN is calling on all parents of Children to bring their children for immunization.
In his health brief this afternoon, MR. TOTAVUN said that officers from his department have started immunization program throughout the region and wants all parents to bring their children to the nearest clinic once the team is in your area.
MR TOTAVUN said that the immunization program is for children ages ranging from zero to five years for MEASLES,POLIO, RUBELA and those vaccines that our health Department has been using in the last 40 years or so.
He said people were spreading rumours that these vaccines are for covid-19 and this is not true as Covid-19 has no vaccine.
The Secretary said these rumours have made and many parents are not bringing their children for vaccination.

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