COVID-19 vaccines and humanitarian supplies from AUSMAT are being flown from Australia to Papua New Guinea to help contain the spread of the disease. It's feared one-in-three residents on the island nation has been infected - 295 cases were recorded yesterday. "This is really serious. I'm very proud to be an Australian, and to see the Australian Government responding so well as a whole of government. Papua New Guinea is a resourceful country, but it has a fragile healthy system" - Dr Mark Little

Three quarters of new COVID cases in Queensland hotel quarantine are from Papua New Guinea, where the local health system is being overwhelmed. The Australian head of the Kokoda Track Foundation is herself in quarantine after working the past month on the front line, she's alarmed at what's unfolding. www.7NEWS.com.au #COVID19 #7NEWS | 7NEWS Brisbane