Timika, Papua, Sept. 12 -- Public health services in the remote mountainous and coastal areas of Mimika District, Papua Province, remain unaffected by the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Head of the Mimika Health Office Reynold Ubra affirmed.

"We ensure that health services from Potowayburu to Jita sub-districts continue to run normally. We do not receive any report on complaints from the local people," he told local journalists in Timika, the capital of Mimika District, on Saturday.

In thwarting the potential spread of COVID-19 in the district's administrative areas, the health authorities have outlined health protocols on the basis of a mapping of green, yellow, and red risk zones of COVID-19, Ubra noted.

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