Papua New Guinea's massive Ok Tedi mine closes as Covid cases spread to new areas

Operation shuts for 14 days as coronavirus infections rise more than ten-fold in three weeks

Cases of Covid-19 in Papua New Guinea have spread to new provinces, forcing the closure of the massive Ok Tedi mine, and sparking warnings that a, potentially in the thousands, could strike the country in the next few months.

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