As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious 05/10/2020 | 15 MINS This article was first published by Melbourne Asia Review at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and was written by Dr Rebecca Meckelburg and Dr Charan Bal. Just over six months after the first COVID-19 case was officially confirmed in Indonesia, it is clear that it has failed to control the pandemic. As of early October 2020, infection numbers have yet to peak and continue to rise at more than 4,000 new cases per day. Testing rates, at 12,272 tests per million of population, are amongst the lowest in the world; and positivity rates, of more than 19 percent, are amongst the highest. The national governmentΓÇÖs pandemic response has been characterised by an overall rejection of coordinated large scale movement restrictions and apathy towards the responsive capacity of public health services. Globally, assessments of pandemic responses have largely focused

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious As COVID-19 escalates in Indonesia, responses are fractured and fractious 05/10/2020 | 15 MINS This article was first published by Melbourne Asia Review at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and was written by Dr Rebecca Meckelburg and Dr Charan Bal.

Just over six months after the first COVID-19 case was officially confirmed in Indonesia, it is clear that it has failed to control the pandemic.

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