Donations and volunteer initiatives are mushrooming to answer lack of protective health gear

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As the number of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 patients in Indonesia keeps increasing each day, hospitals across the country have been facing a shortage of protective health gear (APD). The situation has moved civilians to do something about it.

The Jakarta Post spoke with Bagus Pandega, who initiated a donation of 3D-printed face shields – one of the numerous movements that help the medical workers fighting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Instagram/@baguspandega)

(JP/Vela Andapita)