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KOMPAS.TV – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was interviewed by Australian foreign media The Sydney Morning Herald. This article was published on May 7, 2020.
In Anies’ interview with the Sydney Morning Herald Media, the DKI governor revealed that he had smelled the Corona virus since January 2020.
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In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Anies revealed that on January 6, after learning of the first cases of a new virus in Wuhan, “we already started having meetings with all the hospitals in Jakarta, informing them about [what] at the time we called ‘Wuhan pneumonia’, there was still no COVID. “
“We have had meetings with hospitals in Jakarta, discussing what we call Wuhan pneumonia, at that time there was no co-19 term,” Anies said.
Anies also revealed that when the case began to read, the Regional Government was not allowed to take the Corona test.
“And then when the numbers started to increase continuously, at that time we weren’t allowed to test. So when we have cases, we send the samples to the [national government-controlled] national laboratory And then the national laboratory will report, positive or negative. At the end of February, we asked ourselves why everything is negative. “
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In the article, Anies Baswedan also expressed frustration with the central government, especially at the Ministry of Health in terms of data transparency.
“On our side, be transparent and revealing [people] what to do is provide a sense of security. But the Ministry of Health feels the opposite, that being transparent will create panic. That is not our opinion. “
“For our part, being transparent and telling the public is actually a way of providing security for citizens. But the Minister of Health sees differently, according to him, transparency only creates panic.”
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