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  Australia will start vaccinating frontline health workers in Papua New Guinea, as well as residents of "treaty villages" in the coronavirus-stricken western province along Australia's northern border. Australia had already assigned 200,000 doses of vaccine to Papua New Guinea, but those doses were not due to arrive until April. But Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday allocated 8,000 doses to frontline workers in Papua New Guinea and to residents of treaty villages on the border with Australia. Queensland Health said three patients were still in hospital while four others were transferred to other Queensland hospitals. In Australia's Torres Strait, regional mayor Philemon Mosby told The Guardian Australia that the border with Papua New Guinea should remain closed while vaccinations are spread across the islands. Vaccinations began on Saibai Island on Monday. Eight thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be sent from Australian domestic sto...