100 feared dead from measles, malnutrition in Indonesia’s Papua

A measles outbreak is feared to have killed about 100 malnourished people in Indonesia’s Papua, an official said on Sunday, highlighting a health crisis in the country’s easternmost province.
A total of 69 toddlers have died in the remote Asmat region, said Papua military spokesman Muhammad Aidi, while reports on the ground suggest 27 people have died in an equally remote and mountainous district named Oksibil. “We have received reports from villagers that the outbreak is…