Yahukimo Regency Government Claims No Starvation Disaster In Amuma District

Yahukimo Regent Didimus Yahuli (ANTARA/Ardiles Leloltery)

PAPUA MOUNTAINS - Yahukimo Regency Government (Pemkab) in Papua Province, Mountains claims there is no hunger disaster that has resulted in mass deaths in Amuma District for now.

"Based on data obtained by the team in the field, there was no hunger disaster that caused mass death on Wednesday, October 25, 2023," said Yahukimo Regent Didimus Yahuli in a press release, Thursday, October 26, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to Yahuli, in the period from February to October 2023 the number of deaths in Amuma District was 22 people consisting of 11 adults including four elderly and 11 children.

"So we ensure that the death rate in Amuma District is not motivated by many complaints such as malaria and Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARI)," he said.

He explained that his party did not deny that currently in Amuma District it was experiencing a food shortage due to extreme weather conditions.

"And as an effort to initial handling the local government has sent rice and will follow the assistance of basic materials to medicines," he said again.

He added that his party hopes that the current situation and conditions in Amuma can be conveyed properly according to actual conditions.

"So there is no demand for inappropriate information submission and causes excessive reactions," he said.

He said the Yahukimo Regency Government had also held a coordination meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) to discuss the disaster situation that occurred in Anggruk District and Panggema District as well as discuss the situation and conditions in Amuma District.