Indigenous Papuans initiate own lockdowns in face of COVID-19

Mongabay
Apr 6, 2020, 11:12 am242 pts
Local authorities and indigenous communities in Indonesia’s Papua region have imposed a sweeping lockdown to minimize the spread of the novel coronavirus. The region, which comprises the provinces of West Papua and Papua, is the least developed in Indonesia, with scant public health facilities, poor road…

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