WMW Laboratory in the time of COVID-19.
The novel corona virus has disrupted the structure of our society across the globe. For many businesses and organizations, the cancellation of projects and the shutdown of research projects makes for drastic changes in the way this year can be completed. When we received the stay at home order, we were limiting our critical activities, of which field work was completely shut off. What we did at that point, while staying sensitive to health issue, was to conduct shift work to ensure no one is made redundancy. Overtime we survive through this ordeal.
I don’t know how other science organization managed themselves but, in our case, we were part of a robust management that worked closely with the government orders, in the sense that our restrictions came down sooner and were a little more stringent initially.
Someone asked: what are some of the broader changes you think this chapter in our country’s history will have on PNG’s science moving forward?
We at the laboratory believe that more than research, addressing the broader scientific community, its our team effort that always steps up and shine during a crisis. But it is up to the Government and the people of PNG to believe in what we can achieve as a scientific community. As of this day, we are putting away all the research struggles for 2020, hoping 2021 will be a better year.
We welcome any comments on what you think about science in PNG.