PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) for help after a rapidly spreading new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak sparked preparations for large-scale community transmission in the under-resourced country.

Having mostly dodged the Covid-19 pandemic until now, Papua New Guinea reported Thursday it had detected three new cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 30 — up from just 11 on Sunday.

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