Focus on Six Provinces
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked the COVID-19 task force to help provinces that continue to see increasing numbers of confirmed cases of the disease.
The treatment room at the Covid-19 Field Hospital of the East Java Provincial Government, which was built in the Complex of the Center for Research and Development of Health Services, Surabaya, East Java, Wednesday (27/5/2020). The field hospital, which is ready to open, has a capacity of 500 people.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked the COVID-19 task force to help provinces that continue to see increasing numbers of confirmed cases of the disease.JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Six provinces have received special attention from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo due to their high number of the new COVID-19 cases, namely East Java, South Sumatra, South Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Papua and West Nusa Tenggara. The President has asked the COVID-19 task force, ministries and other related government institutions to assist the six provinces.
"I want the task force and ministries to focus on provinces whose new cases are quite high," the President said in a limited meeting on the handling the COVID-19 outbreak at the State Palace, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday. Vice President Ma\'ruf Amin, a number of ministers and heads of government institutions joined the virtual meetings from their respective offices.