JAKARTA - Indonesia reported on Monday its total number of coronavirus cases had topped 100,000, as the president urged officials handling the outbreak to retain an “aura of crisis” in a country with the most infections and deaths in East Asia.
The new milestone comes a week after President Joko Widodo overhauled Indonesia’s COVID-19 committee to also focus on economic recovery along with handling health aspects. Unlike some neighbouring countries, Indonesia has never completely locked down after Widodo warned it would hurt millions of poor people though some areas have brought in restrictions.
“So now that we’ve fallen into the ‘new normal’, interactions between people are inevitable so the risk of transmission will be around and possibly widen,” she said.
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