CORONAVIRUS | Testing kits, test centres should be increased and we should get more hospitals involved, Joko Widodo.
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.
"I ask that the number of testing kits and the number of test centres are increased and we get more hospitals involved," President Joko Widodo said.Indonesia has faced criticism from medical workers for a slow start to testing that might have more quickly revealed the scale of the problem in an archipelago that spans a distance wider than the continental United States.the number of infections was likely far higher than reported.
After stating "we are more afraid of God" than the coronavirus on Wednesday, organiser Mustari Bahranuddin said he would cancel the rally, but it would be hard for pilgrims to leave quickly. After cases rose in the wake of the mosque event, Malaysia introduced tough internal and external travel restrictions.
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