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Indonesia Reports 153 New Coronavirus Cases, Biggest Daily Rise


Fri 27 Mar 2020 | 01:02 PM
Yara Sameh

Indonesia has confirmed 153 new coronavirus cases, taking the Southeast Asian country’s total to 1,046, which is the biggest daily rise so far, Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto announced on Friday.

The official announced that the death total rose to 9, bringing the total number of deaths to 87, while a total of 46 people had recovered from the virus.

On Thursday, Covid-19 rapid response task force has announced at a press briefing that Indonesia needs an additional 1,500 doctors and 2,500 nurses to treat coronavirus patients amid the surge in cases across the archipelago.

Covid-19 task force volunteer coordinator Andre Rahadian stated that the country also highly in need of pulmonologists, anaesthetists, and general physicians.

It is worth mentioning that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11 as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease Covid-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.

The data collected so far showed that at least 540,846 people are infected and about 24,294 people have died.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

They can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.