PNG man dies from Covid-19 in Brisbane
A man from Papua New Guinea died in a Queensland hospital on Monday from COVID-19 complications.
A man from Papua New Guinea died in a Queensland hospital on Monday from COVID-19 complications.
The 77-year-old dual Papua New Guinea and UK citizen was flown from his home country to Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane, on March 28 after his condition worsened.
He was being treated in intensive care but died on Monday.
The death is the first in the state related to the virus since April 2020 but will not be recorded in Queensland’s death toll statistics as he was originally diagnosed in PNG.
Six people have died in Queensland in the pandemic.
“Queensland Health offers its sincere condolences to his family during this time,” Queensland Health said in a statement. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, aeromedical crews have transferred a number of COVID positive and potentially COVID positive patients to Queensland.
“PNG is one of Queensland’s closest neighbours, and when we can offer support to our neighbours, we can, and we will.”
The number of COVID-19 cases in PNG has accelerated since the new year, with a majority of the country’s almost 7500 diagnoses recorded in March.
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