Havard dan WHO Tegur Indonesia Tiada Data tapi Menteri Indon kata Sebab Berdoa C

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Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has attributed the country’s lack of coronavirus cases to prayer. Photo: Reuters
Health & Environment
‘We owe it to God’: as Indonesia prays, how is it keeping the coronavirus at bay?
Indonesia’s health minister attributes the country’s lack of coronavirus cases to prayer – despite a study showing it should have had cases by now
But concerns have been raised, especially after the response to the bird flu virus a decade ago, which required World Health Organisation intervention
Topic | Coronavirus outbreak
Joe Cochrane
Joe Cochrane

Published: 10:00am, 18 Feb, 2020

Updated: 1:03pm, 2 Mar, 2020


Several weeks into the new coronavirus outbreak, Indonesia continues to remain completely free of the disease, despite its neighbours reporting numerous confirmed cases. The country’s top health official is under increasing pressure to explain why no cases have been reported, especially in light of a recent Harvard University study that used mathematical probabilities including travel destinations to conclude that Indonesia should have had confirmed infections by now. “We owe it to God,” said Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a military doctor and radiologist whose expertise does not include pandemic viruses. “It’s because of our prayers. We do not wish upon something like that will reach Indonesia.”
An Indonesian student who was quarantined in Natuna after leaving the coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan, hugs a friend after being released. Photo: EPA-EFE
An Indonesian student who was quarantined in Natuna after leaving the coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan, hugs a friend after being released. Photo: EPA-EFE

Indonesia has stepped up medical monitoring and cancelled commercial flights to and from mainland China, but the religious explanation is raising eyebrows among health professionals, especially after the country’s response to previous epidemics such as Sars, Ebola or bird flu. During the outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus more than a decade ago, nearly 200 people died at an 84 per cent death rate, prompting intervention by the World Health Organisation.
Marc Lipsitch, a Harvard professor who helped produce the research identifying countries that could have undetected cases of the virus, defended the findings, despite the Indonesian government’s efforts to play down the threat.
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The Indonesian health ministry has reported 62 cases of suspected coronavirus infections, and all of those tested have turned out negative. Many others remain untested. The 238 Indonesians who were evacuated from Wuhan, China, the virus epicentre, earlier this month and quarantined for two weeks in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands, were released over the weekend after being given a clean bill of health. Indonesian health officials are also scrambling to determine whether a Chinese tourist who contracted the coronavirus did so while in Bali, or after he returned to China earlier this month.


Putranto angrily rejected the Harvard assessment, sticking to Indonesia’s own health monitoring capabilities – as well as divine intervention. “Tell Harvard to come to Indonesia. I will order the doors to be opened for them to see. There is nothing that is covered up,” Terawan fumed.  Others, however, are taking a more earthly view of the situation. “We have the human rights angle to this story. The most basic principle is to be transparent – not to cover up what happened, whether in Malaysia, China or Indonesia. That is the principle,” said Andreas Harsono, senior research at Human Rights Watch Indonesia. “We don’t know for sure how much the government wants to cooperate with the WHO or the Ministry of Health. I’m afraid that the virus is already here. We don’t know for sure,” he said.
People wearing surgical masks are seen at a station in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
People wearing surgical masks are seen at a station in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
“We prayed a lot for the victims and those that are still in China and its surroundings,” said a 22-year-old worshipper at the St. Bartolomeus Taman Galaxi church, who declined to give her name. During Friday prayers last week, imams across the country also mentioned the virus. Ahmad Kamal, leader of a mosque in the city of Tanggerang, just outside the capital Jakarta, urged his followers not to believe “fake news” about coronavirus, specifically mentioning suspect causes and cures.
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There are a number of hoaxes in Indonesia, including that the coronavirus spreads from bats, so fruit dates must be thoroughly washed. There are also rumours that the disease spreads through the postal service; Chinese food; the breath of Chinese-Indonesians; Chinese television shows and even Chinese-made mobile phones. Hoax cures include garlic, rubbing oils and hot water. These have all been widely debunked. And religious leaders have distanced themselves from religiously charged statements from the national government. “A Muslim must be clever in responding to the news and cross-check first,” Ahmad Kamal said

harizs

kelmarin Jokowi buat PC masih enggan buat lockdown. Wilayah milik pembangkang yang telah membuat lockdown, diarahkan menarik balik. Adakah Jokowi memang sengaja nak kurang kan penduduk indon agaknya.. Yang cerdik duduk rumah selamat. Yang bodoh keluar merayap kena convid19 mati.. Akhirnya indonesia ada orang yang pandai dan mendengar kata sahaja.. Sekian..

harizs

Siapa la penasihat2 si jokowi ni. sebijik mcm UK yg dapat advise yg salah drpd pakar sendiri. Ada ke nak buat herd immunity...nak bagi mampos 1 juta rakyat UK supaya in the end semua ada herd immunity.

Bipolajourney

Aku rasa indon ni akan jadi paling teruk cuma tunggu masa sahaja.

harizs

WHO nasihat indon mrk tak dengar?   sama la dgn Menteri PH,  sejak bulan Febuari lagi WHO sudah nasihat Menteri Kesihatan PH suruh ban semua MASS GATHERING tapi menteri kesihatan & menteri pelancongan PH degil.  

KIM.K

Taktau kenapa indon ni ketegaq sangat. Gigih defend amik jamu la, suruh gi berjemur la. Tenginn

TravellingBear

harizs replied at 22-3-2020 10:07 AM
WHO nasihat indon mrk tak dengar?   sama la dgn Menteri PH,  sejak bulan Febuari lagi WHO sudah nasi ...

Tengok la artikel 2 march.

Skrg dah ada data

MatDeghem

Death toll of Covid-19 in Indonesia rises to 38, total cases reach 450


Indonesia has estimated that the number of people who have had possible contact with Covid-19 (coronavirus) suspects to be at more than half a million, the authorities said, as the government started rapid testing for the virus on its population.

This “high risk” group of between 600,000 and 700,000 people are scattered across the country, with South Jakarta being the worst-hit, the authorities said.

On Saturday (March 21), the Indonesian Government announced that the Covid-19 outbreak has claimed 38 lives in Indonesia, and 81 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 450 in the country.


https://www.thestar.com.my/news/ ... with-virus-suspects

MatDeghem

Indonesia mencatat case kematian tertinggi di Asean.... 38 kematian

TravellingBear

Terkini gomen dorang pon dah tutup pintu


Benang ni dah patah balik masa ke 2 March

tagas

teringat last 2 weeks indon konon kebal

coz masih zero cases in their country

berbanding negara asia lain

skali amek kau tup tup 30++ dah kiok ni hari


mana tabligh bangang indon

yg acah2 cabar menyeru tak takut corola virus

Rahah

I baru perasan indon ni tak banyak kes... padahal diorang ada banyak mass gathering... tapi yang i tau tabligh batal tu & kristian... padahal death rate diorang tinggi compare dengan Malaysia...

unoryah

Dah ada data kematian. Nak tau juga apa komen  Terawan tentang ni...

VirusCinta

tagas replied at 22-3-2020 10:43 AM
teringat last 2 weeks indon konon kebal

coz masih zero cases in their country

Macam2 jenis minum dan herba dan Petua Indon keluarkan supaya dunia tahu kehebatan Jamu2 Indon.

Hujung2 mendadak YG kojol

VirusCinta

TravellingBear replied at 22-3-2020 10:19 AM
Terkini gomen dorang pon dah tutup pintu

Meols nak tahu apa reaksi pakar2 Jamu dan herba Indon Serta Dukun2 Indon YG hebat sebelum ni melawan Havard dan WHO ..nak tahu reaksi diorg bila ramai yang kojol mendadak.

ninja boy

mmg betul2 mau kurangkan penduduk ka kasi mampus sesak negara pencemaran kekurangan air bersih

tagas

VirusCinta replied at 22-3-2020 11:18 AM
Macam2 jenis minum dan herba dan Petua Indon keluarkan supaya dunia tahu kehebatan Jamu2 Indon.

...

indon nya dumb n dumber same as cina wuhan n
cina dapig pelahap sup tikus n kelawar@I.am.PH

beatgirlX

Semoga semua negara memandang serius Covid19 ni

tikusmontok

harizs replied at 22-3-2020 10:07 AM
WHO nasihat indon mrk tak dengar?   sama la dgn Menteri PH,  sejak bulan Febuari lagi WHO sudah nasi ...

Akal indon sama dgn muntri phanc

Artemesiaa

Pasti jumlah yang tak dilapurkan lebih banyak dari itu sampai WHO dah ulang2 bari amaran.  Harap mereka cepat bertidak sebelum ia makin meningkat dan makin tak terkawal.