ASEANEWS: COVID-19: WHO urges Indonesia to scale up emergency response; Transportation Minister infected
WHO urges Indonesia to scale up emergency response; Transportation Minister infected
JAKARTA – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Indonesia to scale up response mechanisms, including declaring a national emergency, to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen five deaths and 96 confirmed cases in the country.
The latest death was among the 27 new confirmed cases announced on Saturday (March 14). The government announced 35 new cases on Friday.
In a televised broadcast late on Saturday (March 14), State Secretary Pratikno announced that Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has been infected with Covid-19. He has been isolated and is undergoing treatment at a Jakarta hospital, and his condition is improving, he added.
In a March 10 letter from WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus to President Joko Widodo seen by The Straits Times, the global health agency said every country needed to take robust measures designed to slow transmission and contain its spread.
READ MORE: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/coronavirus-who-urges-jokowi-to-declare-national-emergency
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