Indonesia has recorded seven times exceeding the 3,000 positive cases of COVID-19 in a day. Among them happened in the last five days in a row. National COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Wiku Adisasmito, explained that this figure was due to an increase in a community activity that was not accompanied by the awareness of the application of health protocols. “The …

National COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Wiku Adisasmito, said that in the past week, the death rate from the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Indonesia has increased quite significantly. Wiku Adisasmito said the data had been updated as of August 31, 2020. There are four regions with an increase in the mortality rate of more than 100 percent, such as Central Java, Aceh, …

The Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU) Arief Budiman said the KPU was not prepared to implement electronic voting or e-voting in the 2020 regional head election. “For the current election we have not prepared if forced to be prepared, for now, it is not ready, so I don’t want to assume,” said KPU Chairman Arief Budiman in an …

In order to handle coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, the government has formed a task force. The newest, more than 22 thousand volunteers have joined the Indonesian Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Response, according to Achmad Yurianto, the government spokesperson for COVID-19 handling. “Over 22,000 volunteers have voluntarily registered with the Task Force for the Acceleration of …

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Agus Wibowo introduced on Sunday that the “large-scale social restrictions” protocol, or PSBB, will be enacted in a quantity of Indonesian areas as of these days on Monday, April 6. However, the BNPB spokesman did not point out in element involving the regions that will be subjected to the strict physical distancing rule. …

The Indonesian government as of now is reluctant to implement a total lockdown policy. The reason of the government has not done this, according to member of the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, is because of the potentially crippling economic impacts that may arise from it. This was stated by him at a press conference at the National Disaster Mitigation …