on half-pay from the 31st of October.
This was announced by the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare this week and will apply to any employee of the national or provincial governments as well as state owned enterprises.
Mr Sogavare said if by 1 January 2022 they still have not taken up the vaccine their employment will be terminated.
It is the strongest messaging yet to come from the government with so far only 6.4 percent of the eligible population full vaccinated against the virus.
