Indonesia Says Nothing to Hide after Zero Coronavirus Claims

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Journalists wear protective suits inside an elevator as they prepare for a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, January February 11, 2020. Indonesia is not hiding anything over the coronavirus, the health minister said on Tuesday, after some medical researchers expressed concern that cases may have gone undetected in the world's fourth most populous country. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Journalists wear protective suits during a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2020. While the virus has quickly spread from China throughout much of the rest of the region and beyond, the sprawling Southeast Asian country of more than 260 million people has not recorded any cases so far. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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A journalist wears a protective suit during a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2020. Dozens of cases have been recorded in other regional countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, where one person has died, raising suspicions on social media in particular over a potential lack of vigilance in Indonesia. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Journalists wear protective suits during a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2020. Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in the United States, then said in a study last week that Indonesia should rapidly strengthen outbreak surveillance and control - especially given that it had direct flights from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Head of Center for Research and Development of Biomedical and Basic Technology in Health, Ministry of Health, Vivi Setiawaty wears protective suits during a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2020. "We have the kits to check coronavirus and they're certified ... Nothing is concealed," Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said after a cabinet meeting at the Bogor presidential palace outside Jakarta, in response to the concerns. ANTARA FOTO/Galih Pradipta

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Health ministry Research and development agency head Siswanto (L) and Head of Center for Research and Development of Biomedical and Basic Technology in Health, Ministry of Health, Vivi Setiawaty wear protective suits during a media visit to Indonesian Health Ministry's Laboratorium for Research on Infectious-Diseases, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2020. Indonesia has tested 64 samples from suspected coronavirus infections - 62 of which were declared negative with two still being tested, health ministry Research and development agency head Siswanto said during a tour of its laboratory in Jakarta. ANTARA FOTO/Galih Pradipta

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