Tag: West Papuan health
Health officials detect 83 covid-19 cases at controversial Papuan Games
By Desi Purnamawati and Uyu Liman in Jakarta
Eighty-three covid-19 cases have been reported during the Indonesian National Games (PON-XX) being held in Papua as...
Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura
Local governments in Papua -- such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations -- say they are continuing to promote...
Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after...
Voice of Papua: How covid pandemic has been impacting on Papuan...
By Voice of Papua
While the delay in the Indonesian government response to the covid-19 corona virus is disappointing, Papua's provincial government needs to be...
PNG’s deputy emergency chief warns Papua covid cases pose ‘great threat’
Pacific Media Centre
The dramatic daily increase of covid-19 coronavirus cases in West Papua poses a "great threat" to Papua New Guinea, says the country's...
‘Shut Freeport mine’ plea by Mimika regent after workers test positive
Pacific Media Watch
The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by...
Indonesia helping PNG citizen repatriations from West Papua
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Repatriation of about 120 Papua New Guinea citizens from the Papua province of Indonesia to West Sepik under the...
Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of coronavirus
By Basten Gokkon of Mongabay
Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia’s Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown in an attempt to minimise the...
‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns...
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
When the first covid-19 coronavirus pandemic cases were detected in Indonesia, one doctor at least knew right away that...
Mackenzie Smith: Indonesia’s Pacific neglect highlights NZ media problem
OPINION: Mackenzie Smith reviews two months living in Indonesia as a journalist.
In Indonesia, I expected to broaden my understanding and realisation of Asia and...
