Accelerate Covid-19 Rapid Testing for Indonesia
Learning from South Korea’s experience, the mass testing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered is expected to prevent the virus’ transmission and reduce fatalities.
Expanding the coverage of rapid testing for Covid-19 has proved effective in South Korea. Learning from that country’s experience, the mass testing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered is expected to prevent the virus’ transmission and reduce fatalities.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus talks during a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquaters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on March 11, 2020 that the new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic.
“We have a simple message for all countries: Test, test, test,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, said in a virtual press conference on Monday, 16 March 2020. The message is to ensure that Covid-19 prevention and control is carried out more rapidly and effectively.