JAKARTA: Indonesia reported its biggest daily spike in confirmedcovid-19 (coronavirus) infections as the nation’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed South Korea to become the highest in Asia after China.
An elderly man wearing a face mask as protection, against the spread of the Covid-18 outbreak, sitting on the sidewalk of a road in Jakarta, on Friday . Indonesia reported its biggest daily spike in confirmed Covid-19 infections as the nation’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed South Korea to become the highest in Asia after China. - Reuters
The pandemic has killed 181 people in Indonesia, surpassing South Korea’s total of 174, data compiled by the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University showed. Jokowi, as Widodo is commonly known, has rejected calls to lock down cities and regions to fight the virus, saying such harsh steps would hurt the poor the most. But the surge in cases has overwhelmed the country’s health care system, with authorities struggling to procure enough personal protection equipment, hazmat suits and ventilators for medical workers.
"We think Indonesia has been the slowest in terms of taking decisive measures and is therefore most at risk of delays in containing the outbreak within its borders, with larger negative economic consequences,” Nomura analysts led by Sonal Varma said in the report. Jokowi, who on Thursday urged people to avoid travel and practice social distancing to prevent the virus, has ordered several income support measures for daily wage earners, informal sector workers and street hawkers.
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