While Indonesia's neighbors scrambled to fight the coronavirus, officials in the world’s fourth most populous nation insisted everything was fine.
A weekend of prayer at a mosque complex outside Kuala Lumpur is linked to more than 400 coronavirus infections in six countries.Bivitri Susanti, a law and political analyst from Indonesia’s Jentera School of Law, said Widodo’s scramble to curb the virus after a late start had caused confusion among his government ministers in issuing regulations.
But testing remains a major problem. Since the first cases were confirmed in early March, Indonesia hasAdvertisement Widodo on Monday ordered all governors, district chiefs and mayors to intensify the tracking and isolating of people who have been exposed to the virus.
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