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Indonesian missions in virus-hit countries step up efforts to protect citizens
Indonesian embassies have established emergency hotlines and are providing logistical support for citizens overseas.
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Workers from a disinfection service company sanitize a department store in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)
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s the novel coronavirus outbreak surges in dozens of countries worldwide, Indonesian diplomatic missions have stepped up efforts to protect citizens living overseas.
As of Monday, real-time data from Johns Hopkins University’s Center of Systems Science and Engineering had recorded 89,197 cases in more than 60 countries, including Indonesia, which announced its first two confirmed cases on Monday.
Despite the fact that 3,048 people have died of COVID-19, the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus, more than 45,000 people across the globe have recovered.
China, the origin of the outbreak, still has the highest number of confirmed cases, with at least 80,026 cases recorded on the mainland alone.
About two months after it first emerged in China, COVID-19 cases were found in South Korea. Currently, the country has the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases, with more than 4,300 confirmed cases and 26 deaths.
South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level on Feb. 23 as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country jumped to 602 and the death toll rose to five, Reuters reported.
Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea Umar Hadi told The Jakarta Post on Monday that the city of Daegu was being treated as a “special care zone” by South Korean authorities. “However, public services – transportation, the postal service, stores – remain operating as usual,” Umar said.
