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Papua New Guinea Covid-19: Mistrust fuels crisis as infections rise By Phil Mercer image captionExperts have warned that disinformation about Covid is spreading faster than the virus In the dense fog of Covid-19 misinformation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) lurk deeply embedded beliefs in witchcraft. As Australia s nearest neighbour battles with what experts say is an exponential surge in coronavirus cases, fears of unexplained deaths have had sinister consequences. Sanguma - a local word that refers to the occult - is common across the Pacific. It is a mostly benign tradition, but with a darker side. A couple of weeks ago, one of the health workers in a rural facility died of Covid and his wife and daughter were tortured because of a belief in sorcery, and later they were confirmed with Covid as well, explained Justine McMahon, PNG country director for Care International, a development charity. Sorcery certainly plays into some of the attitudes that people have.

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