This report explores the impact of COVID-19 by focusing on a place considered to be Indonesia’s cultural hub, a place where tradition, modernity, arts and history overlap.
Health
In July, Indonesia recorded its highest daily numbers of Covid-19 cases, making it the epicentre of the global pandemic, ahead of India and Brazil.
Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, has marked a sombre milestone in its battle with Covid, with total deaths now officially exceeding 100,000, although epidemiologists believe the true figure could be two and a half times that.
Bali’s Delta outbreak has prompted the Indonesian government to delay the re-opening of the island to international visitors, sparking fears its economic crisis will deepen.
Indonesia has surpassed a grim milestone in its worst pandemic wave yet — 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths.
There are concerns the actual figure could be far higher, as the Delta variant wreaks havoc across the country.
More than a year into the pandemic, Indonesia has the most COVID-19 cases and highest fatality rate in Southeast Asia and still grapples with disorganised COVID-19 data management.
Lebih dari setahun dalam bekapan pandemi, Indonesia memiliki angka kasus COVID-19 terbanyak dan tingkat kematian tertinggi di Asia Tenggara.
An effective response to a global crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on health departments and governments having access to information that is up to date and collated through a central system.
Jemma Purdey, Adjunct Fellow at Monash University and Deakin University, said while the Australian government’s commitment to help is “great”, it’s also “never really enough”.
Indonesia’s Greysia Polii wanted to quit badminton five years ago, but a fresh-faced partner has given her a new lease of life and taken them to an Olympic final.
This week, AIC Indonesia Director Kevin Evans joined hundreds of thousands of others who received their COVID-19 vaccinations.
A proposal to waive a range of intellectual property measures for COVID-19 vaccines and other health technologies will come before the WTO this week, and Australia must support it.
Gesti Wira Nugrayekti tested positive for coronavirus the day before she prematurely gave birth to a baby boy named Salman earlier this month.
Three weeks later, COVID-19 took her life.
Research from PAIR suggests Indonesia should partner with developed nations, such as Australia, to build resilient and responsive healthcare supply chains involving modern digital technologies.
The pandemic has highlighted deep-rooted problems in health service. Medical workers voicing out their concerns have put governments on the defensive.
Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Saturday it was scouring its supply chain to find more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for Southeast Asia, which is facing its most serious outbreak yet of the virus.
