We are very thankful for the support. I believe the aid will help Indonesia overcome the COVID-19 (pandemic). Many other regions still need and run short of ventilatorsJakarta (ANTARA) - Bottled water producer Danone Indonesia donated Rp30 billion to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Monday to help the country in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The assistance is part of Danone Indonesia's initiative and commitment to support the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia through its main business units -- Danone-AQUA and Danone Specialized Nutrition Indonesia -- with a total assistance of Rp30 billion," Vice President/General Secretary of Danone Indonesia, Vera Galuh Sugijanto, noted in a written statement released on Tuesday.
In addition to cash, the aid covered four ventilators, 2,500 N95 masks, and 10 thousand surgery masks.
"We have cooperated with various parties to channel the assistance in the form of cash, personal protective equipment, ventilators, and Donane products sent to several hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in Indonesia. The aid was also directly distributed to people affected by the pandemic," she noted.
Danone Indonesia, along with the CSR Forum of Jakarta, presented the aid to BNPB Chief Doni Monardo.
"We are very thankful for the support. I believe the aid will help Indonesia overcome the COVID-19 (pandemic). Many other regions still need and run short of ventilators," Monardo noted.
The BNPB will later direct the assistance and other health facilities to those in dire need of it.
On Monday, Indonesia registered 1,877 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus disease along with 3,560 recoveries, according to data compiled at 12 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB) by the task force for handling COVID-19.
With this, the total tally of COVID-19 positive cases in the country reached 155,412, while the number of people that made a complete recovery from the deadly virus climbed to 111,060.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths rose by 79, bringing the total count of fatalities to 6,759.
Between 12 p.m. WIB on Sunday, August 23, 2020, and 12 p.m. WIB on Monday, some 320 laboratories across Indonesia examined 19,395 specimens obtained from 16,185 people. The laboratories have until now analyzed a total of 2,056,166 specimens obtained from 1,173,369 people.
Meanwhile, the highest number of positive cases were recorded in the province of DKI Jakarta at 633, followed by 320 cases in East Java, 152 cases in Central Java, 137 cases in West Java, and 83 cases in Papua.
The provinces with the highest count of patients recovered from the disease were DKI Jakarta, at 1,896 recoveries, followed by 408 people in Papua, 321 people in East Java, 208 people in West Java, and 99 people in Central Java.
Four provinces -- Bangka Belitung, Jambi, East Nusa Tenggara, and Gorontalo -- reported no new cases.
According to the task force’s data, a total of 76,745 suspected patients and 155,412 COVID-19 positive patients are under monitoring in the country. Related news: Singapore's Temasek donates one million masks to Riau Islands
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