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Sanitary advices to visit Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is a medium sized country with around 8M Papua New Guinean. Official languages are Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin and English. Papua New Guinea uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is from UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00. Currency used in Papua New Guinea is Kina (PGK).
🏙️ Port Moresby🗣️ English
👨👩👦👦 8M ☀️ ~25 °C 🌧 ~260 mm 👍 Developing 🚩 463k km2 (179k mi²)
Sanitary Recommendations
General recommendations
Zika outbreaks have been reported in Papua New Guinea. Because of the risk of birth defects in babies born to women who were infected with Zika while pregnant, women who are pregnant should not travel to Papua New Guinea. For further information on this recommendation, please visit the CDCZika Virus in Papua New Guinea.
Dengue cases have been reported in Papua New Guinea. For further information, please visit the CDC Dengue Advice.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a risk in Papua New Guinea. For further information, please visit the CDCTuberculosis Advice.
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