Indonesia again overtook the Philippines leading ASEAN in the number of Covid-19 cases

According to the Indonesian government’s Anti-Covid-19 Task Force data, today the country recorded an additional 4,411 new cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia to 349,160. Meanwhile, the Philippines, the country with the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the region in the past few months, has a total of 348,698 cases after adding 2,261 more cases today. Currently, Indonesia is the country affected by the worst pandemic in Southeast Asia and ranks 18th in the list of countries affected by Covid-19 in the world.

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Indonesian security forces implement the medical protocol

According to Wiku Adisasmito, spokesperson for task force handling Covid-19 Indonesia, Central Java and Papua are the two provinces with the largest increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks. These are also 2 provinces in the 10 provinces that prioritize the handling of Covid-19 in the country.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Association of Doctors said, Indonesia is in a state of health crisis amid pandemic. More than 130 doctors have died from Covid-19 as of October 15. The Indonesian Medical Association calls for cooperation from the government and the community to seriously implement medical protocols that could prevent the spread of the deadly virus before the Covid-19 vaccine became available.

In addition, Indonesia is actively cooperating with multilateral vaccines with many countries around the world. The country aims to buy 500 million doses of vaccine by 2021, which have ordered vaccines from China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Korea and the UK. Regarding the long-term goal, Indonesia is also studying to produce domestic “White-Red” vaccine to serve the needs of the people.

Sourcekenh14

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