In Surabaya, the attack rate of COVID-19 has reached 139.7, meaning 140 in every 100,000 people is COVID-19 positive. This is the highest rate in the country.
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Health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said 63 more deaths were also reported on Thursday, with total fatalities now at 2,339, the highest coronavirus death toll in Southeast Asia.
Why are Indonesia’s case numbers relatively low? Is the testing regime adequate? Have the government’s social restrictions regulations been successful? And what does the future hold?
More than 100 children may have died from the virus in Indonesia, while nobody under 18 has died in Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore or Australia.
Children and teenagers are most exposed to cigarette ads they regularly see in kiosks, sports events, music events, free samples, merchandise logos and discount offers.
How religions and religious leaders can help to combat the COVID-19 pandemic: Indonesia’s experience
Indonesia has shown that religions can be used as realistic means to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
The funds are to strengthen laboratories, improve collection and use of health information, and help to protect patients and health workers at health facilities.
Some people with disabilities are concerned with public information services that are drafted with only able-bodied people in mind as the audience.
South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah has defended his administration’s COVID-19 response in the wake of the recent surge in confirmed cases in the province.
Javanese traditional musicians are among the many artists and performers struggling to survive, or qualify for government payments under COVID restrictions.
Experts have said the pandemic poses little threat to the young but in Indonesia underlying factors have proven deadly.
Trapped between the hidden coral threatening a public health wreck and the exposed rocks of an economic disaster, the government is navigating a high-risk passage.
One of the big problems facing authorities is obtaining a reliable picture on which to base decisions.
Those who can’t afford the premiums may end up being excluded from the health-care system or may have to downgrade their memberships.
“You can have sex. You can get married. But don’t get pregnant,” health workers read from a script. “Dads, please control yourself.”
There were also 40 new deaths, bringing total fatalities to 1,923, said Achmad Yurianto, a ministry official.
