But there was a strong prospect the cases were still being underestimated, said Jusuf Kalla, a former two-term vice-president of Indonesia and chairman of the country's Red Cross. "If the tests are low, then the cases are low," said Kalla, adding that the true number of cases should be revealed once Indonesia gets more test results from laboratories to step up testing. (continued below)"If the tests are low, then the cases are low," says Jusuf Kalla, chairman of Indonesia's Red Cross. (Reuters photo)Mr Kalla said Indonesia should learn from the strategy of South Korea which has used technology and tested over 290,000 people in a bid to quell its outbreak of the virus. Indonesia was importing 200,000 test kits from Korea and 500,000 from other countries, including for rapid tests, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 19, 2020 12:33 UTC