JAKARTA: The circumstances surrounding the confirmation of Indonesia's first death linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday has revealed what may be a lack of coordination among various agencies handling the outbreak.was announced by the central government in a press conference, it was only told to the reporters that she was Case 25 and a foreign national. No other details were provided.
Such confusion, said Mr Agus Pambagio, a public policy expert from think-tank PH & H Public Policy Interest Group, could be avoided if the central government is the only authority in-charge of announcing COVID-19 information, with sufficient details given."If it’s done at the local level there may be mistakes, that’s why the information should be given by the central government," he said.
“We are late in tackling this. I have been saying this since January, appoint a national spokesperson because looking back at the Aceh tsunami, there was a head of task force.OTHER COUNTRIES MIGHT TURN AWAY INDONESIAN VISITORS: ANALYST, the Indonesian government has appointed a spokesperson to brief the press on the latest situation twice a day.
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