We will set up a kind of task force particularly to track each case as far as we can. By doing so, we can know the chain and spread of coronavirusJakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is in the process of setting up a task force to track the chain of each coronavirus case in the country, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy stated. "We will set up a kind of task force particularly to track each case as far as we can. By doing so, we can know the chain and spread of coronavirus," he said on the Presidential Palace compound in Jakarta Wednesday.
The government has been pro-active in conducting early detection of coronavirus, he said.
Every day the government updates information related to the result of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from all over Indonesia, he said.
To date, the country has 137 hospitals to which suspected coronavirus patients are being referred, he said.
"Several private hospitals have also offered (to become referral hospitals). We continue to make improvements following the two confirmed cases of coronavirus yesterday," he said.
The government will continue to track the chain of coronavirus cases through everybody who had had been in close contact with a victim, he said.
"We will also track several cases that emerged. For instance, we have tracked an Iranian passenger who made a transit in Bali. There are some 30 suspected coronavirus patients and all of them have tested negative for the virus," he said.
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