Daily COVID-19 Cases Update Available on Govt Website
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21 July 2020 17:29 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The newly-appointed spokesman for the national COVID-19 mitigation task force, Wiku Adisasmito, said there will be changes in the government’s announcement of virus infection updates.
“From now on, updates on new daily cases can be seen on www.covid19.go.id,” said Wiku in a press conference broadcasted via the Presidential Secretariat’s Youtube Channel on Tuesday, July 21.
Daily reports of new infection in a day was usually presented by Achmad Yurianto, who is the Director-General of Disease Prevention and Control at the Health Ministry. He was tapped as the government’s spokesman since the onset of the pandemic in March.
With the issuance of a new policy of Presidential Regulation No. 82/2020 concerning the COVID-19 mitigation committee and national economic recovery, the management of the national COVID-19 mitigation task force was adjusted, and Yurianto was replaced by Wiku as a spokesman.
“This regulation aims at strengthening the organization and management in handling COVID-19, Wiku underlined.
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