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Thursday, November 25, 2010

PNG nationals stopped at border amid cholera fears

Via ABC News :

" More than 300 Papua New Guinea nationals travelling without visas have been turned away from Australia's northern borders in the past fortnight.

Authorities have banned travel between PNG and the Torres Strait, which is usually allowed under a treaty, to stop a cholera outbreak reaching Australia.

Thirty people have died from cholera on the PNG island of Daru and there are unconfirmed reports more than 100 villagers have died in other parts of the country.

The Australian Government has pledged $500,000 to help fight the outbreak. High Commissioner to PNG, Ian Kemish, travelled to the affected area last week.

So far there have been 30 deaths and hundreds of infections on Daru, but Mr Kemish says the outbreak there has been stabilised."

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