COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force
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COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force ( id, Gugus Tugas Percepatan Penanganan COVID-19) was a task force that coordinates and oversees the
Indonesian government The term Government of Indonesia ( id, Pemerintah Indonesia) can have a number of different meanings. At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government – the executive branch, legislative branch and ju ...
's efforts to accelerate the mitigation of the
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. It was established on 13 March 2020, coordinated by
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, involves Ministry of Health,
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, and
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. The task force executive board was led by
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head Doni Monardo, with Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs
Muhadjir Effendy Muhadjir Effendy (born 29 July 1956) is an Indonesian politician and rector. He is the minister of education and culture of the Republic of Indonesia in the Working Cabinet. He was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 27 July 2016 replacing A ...
as the head of advisory board. The task force was dissolved on 20 July 2020 according to ''Perpres Nomor 82 Tahun 2020'' (Presidential Regulation No. 82 of 2020). The duties of this task force is then moved to the COVID-19 handling task unit in the .


Background

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may have been the first confirmed coronavirus patient in Indonesia when he fell ill there in January. He was treated in three hospitals while he was ill in East Java in January 2020. Indonesia banned all flights from and to
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starting from 5 February. The government also stopped giving free visa and visa on arrival for Chinese nationals. Those who live or have stayed in Mainland China in the previous 14 days have been barred from entering or transiting through Indonesia. Indonesians are discouraged from travelling to China. The Ministry of Health ordered the installation of thermal scanners for at least 135
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gates and port docks, and announced that provisioning over 100 hospitals with isolation rooms (to WHO-recommended standards) would begin. On 2 March 2020, President
Joko Widodo Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
confirmed the first two cases of
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in the country in a televised statement. According to the Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto, the patients contracted the virus from an infected Japanese person in
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who later tested positive in
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. Both Indonesian patients were subsequently hospitalized at Sulianti Saroso Infection Center Hospital,
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. Starting on 4 March,
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also began scanning the temperature of passengers entering the stations and denying access to those with symptoms of high fever. Starting on 8 March, travel restrictions expanded to include
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in
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regions of
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Visitors with travel history within these countries but outside the aforementioned regions have to provide a valid health certificate during check in for all transportation into Indonesia. Despite the restriction on travellers from
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, Indonesia is still allowing flights from South Korea. The first confirmed death of coronavirus in the country occurred on 11 March 2020. However, one of Telkom employees died on 3 March when tested positive COVID-19 on 14 March and also infecting his wife and child. On 13 March, the government designated 132 treatment facilities across Indonesia.


Members


Executive board


Advisory board


References


External links


Official website
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