When it comes to coronavirus deaths, could Indonesia be Southeast Asia’s Italy?

South China Morning Post ^ | 12:00pm, 17 Apr, 2020 | Amy Chew

[Zhang Fei]

The figures coming out of Indonesia are grim – 469 dead from Covid-19, the highest fatality count in Asia outside China, and another 5,136 people infected.

But in the nation’s capital Jakarta, where two-thirds of the country’s cases originated, residents report young people continuing to socialise at street food stalls and cafes, despite President Joko Widodo introducing new social distancing measures on April 7.

Gatherings of more than five people have been banned, there are limits on the number of people who can use public transport, and public spaces have been closed – but a lack of enforcement of these measures threatens to undermine them, with dire consequences.

For analysts, it is a harrowing replay of what happened in Italy, where people continued to socialise at cafes and clubs in February as the coronavirus was quietly spreading in the country’s wealthy northern region.

By March, infection numbers were soaring, with Italy reporting more than 165,000 cases as of Thursday. Some 21,600 people have died there, the second-highest death toll in the world after the United States’ 30,985.

Experts modelling the outbreak in Indonesia are warning Southeast Asia’s largest economy is heading down the same path as Italy – which failed to swiftly put in place measures to isolate affected areas and limit the population’s movement – and could be even harder hit.

The pandemic has also claimed the lives of many medical professionals in both Indonesia and Italy. In the Southeast Asian nation, at least 22 doctors, 10 nurses and six dentists had died as of Monday, while Italy has reported the deaths of more than 100 doctors.

Iwan said his team was searching for additional data on total fatalities in Indonesia, as “inaccurate” calculations were masking the true impact of Covid-19.

Muhammad Habib Abiyan Dzakwan, a researcher from the

[BenLurkin]

“Joko Widodo”

[Migraine]

Jokowi for short (but not for long).

He was preceded by a lady named Whambang or some such thing.

[cloudmountain]

Indonesia is the world's LARGEST Muslim country: 267.7 million (2018) people.

Google
The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a nation home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), and India (10.9%).

About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.
Arab countries consist of 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa:
--Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Egypt,
--Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
--Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar,
--Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the
--United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

SEVEN emirates
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Quwain -

These seven emirates that make up the UAE maintain a large degree of independence. The UAE is governed by a Supreme Council of Rulers made up of the seven emirs, who appoint the prime minister and the cabinet.

[Truthoverpower]

What I’ve been saying for a while now is this is a worldwide crisis and phenomenon

And one Very good thing that could come out of this is that the worlds POOREST PEOPLE. People who have no clean water. Live 10 to a room. No doctor. No media but maybe state media.

This is so worldwide and so blaring on the worldwide media.

That it will likely get through to even those who are very poor and remote

And ease the suffering that this and other illnesses and diseases cause