JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Indonesian Health Ministry disease control and prevention directorate general has requested ministry-run hospitals provide it with data regarding cases of pneumonia and other respiratory diseases over concerns that cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus remain undetected in the country. He also requested data regarding the number of deaths caused by respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia. "The one in the health service directorate general is mixed up with other illnesses, so it takes a long time to map them." Yurianto claimed that there had been no significant increase of pneumonia deaths in the past three months compared to the same period last year. Earlier this month, Anung said the ministry was also actively looking into deaths from pneumonia, claiming there had been no significant increase in such deaths.

Source: The Star March 02, 2020 01:52 UTC