Quarantine Dilemma
Taking into account the risk of mass panic and high costs of quarantines, the government opts to implement social-restrictions on a large scale. Not all of Jokowi’s ministers agreed.
Raymundus Rikang
April 7, 2020
DURING a teleconference meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy on March 29, six governors from Java expressed their concern about the expanding spread of coronavirus. Every day, more and more residents in their areas contract the Coronavirus Disease 2019 or Covid-19. The governors also asked the central government to immediately make a decision on how to break the chain of transmission.&
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