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.

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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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