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See also:	Other events of 2020; Timeline of Papua New Guinean history;

Events in the year 2020 in Papua New Guinea.

Incumbents

20 March – The first case in of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed.^[1]
30 January – All travelers from Asian countries were banned and the border with Indonesia was closed in order to slow the spread of the virus.^[2]

8 September – Benedict To Varpin, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bereina (1979–1987) and Archbishop of Madang (1987–2001).^[3]

^ "PNG Confirms first Case of Coronavirus-COVID -19". Papua New Guinea Today (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ "PNG: Government steps up coronavirus response". ABC Radio Australia. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ Archbishop Benedict To Varpin

2020 in Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna