Papua New Guinea, June 1 -- A bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament this week on measures to be taken if the state of emergency comes to an end as scheduled tomorrow, says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape.

He said on Friday that the Government had been advised by technical and health experts to extend the national emergency.

But the Government will consider other options.

"In the event that Parliament refutes the state of emergency extension, then a specific act of parliament will embrace how we live, how we use transport, how we go to school, how we conduct ourselves so that we remain defensive against the Covid-19 from attacking us and spreading," he said.

Marape said Cabinet last week directed the Health Departmen...