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Qld’s last virus death was 335 days ago – yesterday five people died on our doorstep
Friday March 19, 2021
While the official figures are bad, the real toll of the COVID-19 outbreak in Papua New Guinea is probably much, much worse. As Sean Parnell writes, the country’s medical history is alarming.
Just over a decade ago, a cholera outbreak on the Papua New Guinea island of Daru, just north of the Torres Strait, killed dozens of people. (AAP Image/Ilya Gridneff)
The Torres Strait is not some far away, magical place, although it is magical. It is only slightly further away from Brisbane than Melbourne is in the other direction. But once you get past Cape York, Papua…
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