We were Confused at the Start of the Pandemic
Doni Monardo, Chair of National Disaster Mitigation Agency, explaines how he should make best decisions out of bad options including in the procurment of reagents. Like masks and protective gear, reagents needed to detect the novel coronavirus became scarce when the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in March-April 2020. This emergency situation was the Indonesian government’s reason for buying whatever reagents available.
Erwan Hermawan
March 15, 2021
THE way the government, especially the health minister, underestimated the novel coronavirus had influenced how the country response to the pandemic when virus arrived. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) then took over the countermeasures including the procurement of reagents.
Like masks and protective gear, reagents needed to detect the coronavirus became scarce when the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in March-April 2020, causing count
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