This is the situation of COVID-19 in Papua Indonesia

An health official conducts a blood test to foreigners who will leave Papua as a boarding requirement at Sentani airport in Jayapura, Papua on April 23, 2020.

An health official conducts a blood test to foreigners who will leave Papua as a boarding requirement at Sentani airport in Jayapura, Papua on April 23, 2020. Source: AMAN HASIBUAN/AFP via Getty Images

This is the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in Papua, Indonesia from one local's viewpoint.


The Rev. Dr Rainer Scheunemann is a lecturer, reverend and writer also singer of the song Tetap Semangat Indonesia who is living in Papua.

How is the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region from his perspective?


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