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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Health workers threaten to stop treating COVID-19 patients if PPE isn't supplied soon. JAKARTA: Medical workers are urging the Indonesian government to provide adequate personal protective equipment and warned they will stop treating Covid-19 patients if the shortage persists. The warning was...
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    Coping with lockdown.

    The house where I'm isolating isn't far from a major freeway where one can hear the rush of traffic during peak times throughout the day. As Australians begin to take the virus more seriously and restrict their movement, the freeway has fallen silent giving the area an air of quiet eeriness.
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Indonesian retail starts shutting down as coronavirus crisis worsens The Indonesian retail sector has begun to shut down in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, with shopping centers and retail chains voluntarily closing the doors to non-essential categories. More than 30 shopping malls have...
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    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    This is just the beginning of the ridiculousness, deceit and stupidity.
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    COVID-19 Threatens Indonesia’s Overcrowded Prisons ..Indonesian prisons and detention centers are bursting at the seams. As of March 23, the country’s prisons and detention centers held almost 270,000 inmates, more than double the total capacity. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Indonesia confirms 129 new coronavirus infections, taking total to 1,414 AKARTA — Indonesia confirmed 129 new coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the total to 1,414 in the Southeast Asian country, said a health ministry official. Achmad Yurianto, the official, reported eight new deaths...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    UK offers visa waiver for Indonesian relatives of British citizens “Visa waivers are available for any Indonesian who is the husband, wife or child of a British national who is still in Indonesia and wishes to travel back together to the UK,” the embassy said. If they meet all the criteria...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Tens of thousands of flights canceled in Indonesia because of COVID-19 State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I has reported that a total of 18,300 flights at its 15 airports have been canceled from January to mid-March as Indonesian airlines scaled back operations in response to reduced...
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    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    I guess there are many aspects of living in Indonesia that can confuse or frustrate those of us from different cultures, but some things are just dumbfounding. Like this family allowing children to smoke in the belief it protects them against COVID-19...
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    Funny Stuff - Meme, humour (dark white, orange, rainbow), stories..

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    Aviation info.

    Malaysia Airlines to reinstate some international flights to China, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand Malaysia Airlines group chief executive officer Captain Izham Ismail said in a statement today many customers comprising Malaysians and foreigners have reached out to its global offices...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Families, health workers face stigma as fear overtakes communities in Indonesia The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created tension and panic in a number of communities in Indonesia as residents scramble to distance themselves from perceived risks of infection. This week in Medan, North Sumatra...
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    Where are you bunkering for Covid-19?

    I was staying on Jalan Jaksa in 98 while watching plumes of smoke rise above the city as China Town burned. I'm glad I'm not there.
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Coronavirus: Indonesia develops surveillance app to bolster contact tracing The homegrown app, dubbed PeduliLindungi for the time being, cross references the data stored on its users' mobile devices through Bluetooth connection. When a user is in the vicinity of another user whose data has been...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Indonesian Stocks Plunge 5%, Triggering Circuit Breaker Indonesian stocks plunged to a level that triggered trading halt, as the number of Covid-19 cases surge domestically and globally. Trading can be halted again for another 30 minutes if the index hits the 10% circuit breaker after market...
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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Indonesia seeks to pre-empt Covid-19 social unrest Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is reportedly working on an US$8 billion plan to shore up the health care sector, provide salaries to laid-off employees for five months and also dish out handouts to informal sector workers, who make up...
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    Where are you bunkering for Covid-19?

    I'm in Indonesia a few months every year of recent times and would have preferred to ride it out in country, but as explained in another post - Indonesia's general incompetence and inability to deal with these things posed too much of a risk as I saw it.
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    DON'T PANIC.... well, maybe a little bit.

    And created scapegoats for his failure.
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    Songs for the apocalypse.

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    COVID19 Indonesia. News Headlines.

    Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing Indonesia has issued a stern warning over illegal border crossers from Papua New Guinea. Provincial police commander Moses Ibsagi said yesterday West Sepik was on lockdown and a few hinterland areas like Lumi were being monitored by police...

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