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View all search resultsTask force to synchronize data as regions find discrepancies
“We are currently synchronizing the data between regional administrations and the central government. This is because of the large amount of data that we have to gather and validate and it takes time to process,” Wiku said in an online press briefing on Tuesday.
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he national COVID-19 task force spokesperson Wiku Adisasmito has admitted that there are data discrepancies between the central government and regional administrations, and the central government is synchronizing the data.
“We are currently synchronizing the data between regional administrations and the central government. This is because of the large amount of data that we have to gather and validate and it takes time to process,” Wiku said in an online press briefing on Tuesday.
He said that the government was currently perfecting the data to be more consistent in monitoring the development of COVID-19 and to take measured policy responses.
“The Health Ministry is currently coordinating with regional administrations [to synchronize the data]. We urge the regional administrations to contact the Health Ministry to synchronize the data to be able be used as a navigational tool [for COVID-19 policies],” Wiku said.
However, Wiku did not mention the names of regions that reported the data discrepancies.
Previously, the Central Java provincial administration had alleged that the national COVID-19 task force had made a mistake in counting positive COVID-19 cases in the province, inflating the numbers into the highest increase among other provinces on Sunday.
According to the task force, Central Java had up to 2,036 news cases on Sunday. However, according to Central Java data, there were only 844 new cases on that day.
