YAKARTA – Indonesia is caught up in a blame game as the Covid-19 increases.
Much of the anger against the government directed at health minister Terawan Agus Putranto.
So far, around 40,000 more people have signed the petition, which was published on the Change. org online page on September 30 through a coalition of civil society groups, academics and social organizations.
“From the beginning, Health Minister Terawan has taken this epidemic lightly. His control (of the pandemic) is serious,” the coalition wrote.
They demanded that President Joko Widodo update the minister with more competence.
Dr. Irma Hidayana, one of the petition organizers, told the Straits Times that more than 250 people in physical condition had died from the disease due to a lack of protective equipment.
On Tuesday, October 6, Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country with 270 million inhabitants, recorded 311,176 cases of Covid-19, the time in Southeast Asia after the Philippines. But Indonesia has the number of deaths in the region, with 11,374 deaths.
The main reasons for the increase in cases in Southeast Asia’s largest economy are insufficient evidence, the search for weak contacts, and the lifting of large-scale social estating, known as PSBB, in the provinces since June.
However, Mr. Joko defended the government’s response.
In a video last Saturday, he said, “Prioritizing fitness problems doesn’t mean we sacrifice the economy, because sacrificing the economy is tantamount to sacrificing the lives of tens of millions of people.
“Defeating the pandemic is difficult, it takes a lot of work, but I can do it,” he said.
“The most vital thing in this scenario is that we have no interaction in the controversy and that there is no agitation. “
The national covid-19 runners’ organization criticized the public for ignoring fitness protocols, such as dressing in masks and keeping their distance.
Jakarta, a city of 11 million people, remains the hardest hit in the country, with 80,979 cases and 1,802 deaths on Tuesday. a shortage of hospital beds to treat patients.
The most affected provinces are West Java, Central Java and East Java.
Bali, which is purged in tourism and whose economy has been badly affected, has had to delay a plan to receive foreign visitors until September, pushing it until the end of this year. The hotel island, which reopened local tourists in July, has so far refocused its efforts on this front.
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