NCD sets vaccine target

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Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in Goroka, Eastern Highlands, a health official said many were not bothered to take care of themselves such as keeping a social distance.

By LULU MARK
THE National Capital District (NCD) aims to vaccinate up to 70 per cent of its residents to prevent any lockdowns prompted by an increase in the Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, Governor Powes Parkop says.
Parkop opened on Friday the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the Moresby South electorate at the Koki fish market with MP Justin Tkatchenko.
He said the NCD population fluctuated between 1 and 1.2 million because people were moving in and out every day.
So if around 600,000 get vaccinated, the city will be safer.
“Any lockdown will be disastrous for the city and for the country and I don’t want the controller to go down that path,” Parkop said.
“We are already under stress in terms of employment, income generation, the economy, and any restrictions will just kill business and will be a recipe for social explosion.
“So the people need to understand it.”
He said it was good to see people coming forward to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Parkop said vaccination was continuing at Rita Flynn, urban clinics, Port Moresby General Hospital, Vision City, Stop and Shop in Waigani Central and through the mobile vaccination team.