COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
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| 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Indonesia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 2[1] |
Deaths | 0 |
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020.[2][3] President Joko Widodo confirmed the first two cases of coronavirus in the country.[1] According to the Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, the patients contracted the virus from an infected Japanese person in Depok and later tested positive in Malaysia.[2] Both are hospitalized in North Jakarta.[4]
Health experts are concerned that the country is failing to identify transmission of the virus.[5]
Criticism
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, "analysed air traffic out of the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak in China and suggested in a report ... that Indonesia might have missed cases" of coronavirus disease 2019.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ a b hermesauto (2 March 2020). "Mother and daughter test positive for coronavirus in Indonesia, first confirmed cases in the country". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "First coronavirus cases confirmed in Indonesia amid fears nation is ill-prepared for outbreak". the Guardian. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Indonesia confirms first cases of coronavirus". www.bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Andhika Prasetia (2 March 2020). "2 WNI Positif Virus Corona Dirawat di RSPI Sulianti Saroso Jakut". Detik.com (in Indonesian).
- ^ Post, The Jakarta. "Let's not kid ourselves. Indonesia is unlikely to be COVID-19-free. And that's not our biggest problem". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ McVeigh, Karen; Graham-Harrison, Emma (14 February 2020). "Academic stands by research querying Indonesia's claim to be coronavirus-free". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 March 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Why are there no reported cases of coronavirus in Indonesia?". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ Firdaus, Febriana. "Indonesian Screening May Be Missing Virus Carriers". Retrieved 2 March 2020.