Slow Response
In order to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the minister of health must act swiftly to introduce social restriction practices. Forget sectoral egos and political rivalry.
Tempo
April 14, 2020
LEAVING aside the pros and cons, President Joko Widodo has decided to deal with the coronavirus pandemic by implementing Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). Because of economic and social considerations, as well as the size of the Indonesian archipelago, Jokowi has chosen not to instigate nation-wide quarantine, even though epidemiologists had concluded that kind of quarantining would be the most effective way to limit the spread of the
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