JAKARTA, March 19 — Faced by a rising death toll from coronavirus and a big jump in infections, Indonesia’s president today called for testing to be stepped up immediately in the world’s fourth most populous country. Less than three weeks since the country of more than 260 million announced...
A police officer wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant on a tent intended for Muslim pilgrims to stay for a mass gathering to be held amid the spread of Covid-19 in Gowa, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 19, 2020. — Reuters pic
The number of infections in Indonesia jumped by 82 to 309, which together with daily rises of 110 in Malaysia and 60 in Thailand sent the number of reported infections across South-east Asia to nearly 2,200. South Korea, which has been praised for testing that has helped to stem its outbreak, has been carrying out an average of more tests every two hours than Indonesia has done in total. It has carried out over 290,000 tests.
With 900 infections, nearly two-thirds linked to the mosque event, Malaysia has more than any other South-east Asian country, but has only had two deaths so far.
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