We have actually completely examined the deceased’s medical record and are encouraged that his death had absolutely nothing to do with co-morbidities
Jayapura, Papua – A 50- year-old policemans caught the unique coronavirus illness in Jayapura on Friday, according to representative for the Papua Provincial Administration’s COVID-19 task force, Silwanus Sumule.
The cop was the very first COVID-19 inpatient without co-morbidities to pass away of the infection, Sumule informed ANTARA on Saturday in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province.
” We have thoroughly inspected the deceased’s medical record and are convinced that his death had nothing to do with co-morbidities,” he said, including that numerous other law enforcement officers had actually checked favorable for COVID-19, but the majority of them had made a full healing.
Sumule said the police officer was buried at a regional cemetery with the observance of COVID-19 procedures.
Head of the Papua Authorities Health Department, Sen.Coms. Agustinus, stated 15 policeman in the province have actually been diagnosed with COVID-19
They are currently under seclusion in numerous quarantine websites, he notified.
As of Friday, Papua Province has taped 929 validated COVID-19 cases, with 286 healings and 14 deaths.
At present, 629 COVID-19 patients remain admitted at local medical facilities.
While managing COVID-19 cases, medical employees in Papua have been on the alert for the security risk postured by armed Papuan rebels.
On May 22, 2020, two medical workers– Almalek Bagau and Eunico Somou– from the Wandai Health Center in Intan Jaya District were supposedly shot by armed rebels while they were providing drugs for COVID-19 patients.
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Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw condemned the attack stating that it might not be validated on any ground.
” I have actually notified the main federal government about the occurrence, which needs to be strongly condemned. The shooting of the two medical employees who were on a humanitarian objective is really inhumane,” he stated in Timika, the capital of Mimika District, recently.
According to police, Bagau and Somou were bring walkie-talkie devices to interact with the regional COVID-19 post as there was no cellular network in the area. This led their enemies to mistake them for security personnel and open fire at them.
” If they (rebels) want to face military and authorities workers, that’s their service. However, they must not kill humanitarian workers. Rather of killing humanitarian workers, they need to assist them and thank them,” Waterpauw said. (INE)
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