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Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster

  • Written by Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne
Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disasterHOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/EPA

Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well.

Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the eccentric health minister, Terawan Agus Putranto, attributed to prayer. The home affairs minister urged the public to eat more bean sprouts and broccoli, while President...

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