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The discussion on the provision plan to bring in Covid-19 rapid test kit protracted. Many distributors offer various imported brands.
In the regions, the distribution of rapid test kits has not run smoothly. Testing has not always been performed according to procedure.
The government is purchasing protective gear at a high price. Materials for protective gear are obtained through diplomacy.
The government will test the efficacy of Avigan for Indonesians. Some referral hospitals are having difficulty obtaining drugs.
Hospitals assigned to take in Covid-19 patients are lacking ventilators. Engineers from universities to automotive companies are racing with time to make ventilators in anticipation of a surge in coronavirus cases.
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.
The trade minister issued a new regulation on forestry industrial products export. Some fear that the absence of requirements showing timber validity will increase illegal logging.
If Things Are Strict Upstream, Why Do We Fear Illegal Timber Downstream?
THE global financial market is embracing the mother of all crisis. Analysts are increasingly convinced that the market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will be worse than the 2008 crisis, and indeed every other crisis in history.
Police are arresting and questioning people considered to be creating public unrest over the coronavirus. Their criteria for doing so is seen as being vague.
Mohammad Syahril, chief executive officer, Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital: Not All Doctors Are Prepared
A large number of residents of Uraso in North Luwu earn their living from the hundreds of trees in their fields, from dogfruit to pepper. Dispute remains with PTPN XIV.
Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman
I am the owner of a house in Harvest City, Bekasi, West Java. My home loan agreement was approved by Bank BTN on September 20, 2016. In line with the agreement, the construction of my house would be finished in no later than 18 months or on March 20, 2018.
Frozen With Fear
The government must be alert to the potential misuse of state funds allocated for the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. This crisis must not become a cash cow for corrupt officials and crooked businesspeople.
The ambivalent policy of the president regarding the annual exodus to villages, or mudik, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic shows a lack of resolve in dealing with the crisis.
The Ministry of Trade has scrapped the legality requirement for timber export sector. Widespread illegal logging will start again.
The police have arrested people accused of spreading fake news about the coronavirus. Hoaxes might be a reaction to the lack of transparency from the government.
When this pandemic is over and there are still people alive traumatized and scratching around for hope, or on the contrary, when this pandemic is over, death has declined, economic destruction has ended, and life is more peaceful, one name will be inscribed in thick letters: China.
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