UNRE suspends face-face classes for 14-days

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 OFFICE OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR

PRESS STATEMENT

 

 

Thursday, March 18, 2021

 


PNG UNRE has suspended formal face-to-face (contact) classes at its Vudal Campus for 14 days following the detection of a second COVID-19 positive case. The affected individual is now in isolation at the East New Britain Provincial Health Authority (ENBPHA) COVID-19 Care Facility.

 

The suspension of classes is from Thursday, March 18, 2021 to Wednesday, March 31, 2021, however, classes that can be conducted online are continuing. All University staff are at work and have been encouraged to strictly adhere to the University’s COVID-19 protocols.

 

Movement of students have been restricted and staff and dependents have been asked to limit their movement in and out of the campus. Health workers from the University Clinic are stationed at the main University entrance to screen everyone entering the campus.

 

The two-week suspension of classes will not affect the 2021 Academic Almanac.

 

To help students and staff understand more about COVID-19 and the challenges faced in PNG as well as the importance of adhering to COVID safety protocols, Dr Alex Maha, Deputy Chief Physician for the New Guinea Islands Region gave a talk to the campus community on Thursday, March 18, 2021. This is the second such COVID-19 awareness by Dr Maha and ENBPHA. The first was in May last year.

 

 

 

FRANCIS ESSACU, PhD (ANU)

ACTING VICE CHANCELLOR

PNG University of Natural Resources & Environment

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