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Papua New Guinea forced to wait for vaccines as virus spirals out of control

Papua New Guinea is rocked by the vaccine hesitancy despite the country facing unrestrained spike in infections. The rumours in social media that citizens are immune to the virus even without the vaccination has had authorities scratching their heads. PNG is not expected to receive the vaccine at least until next month even as the infection surge is forcing hospitals to shut their doors on the patients. By global standards, the number of confirmed cases in PNG is low: 1,670. But fewer than 50,000 tests have