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View all search resultsAid has been arriving in Central Papua’s mountainous Puncak regency to help residents endure the effects of months of drought, but bad weather and limited infrastructure have held back distribution efforts.
The contradictory statements from top government officials responsible for Indonesia's COVID-19 response indicate that the government has failed to learn from its struggle with the health crisis in the past, especially the first and second waves.
As healthcare workers and hospitals struggle to treat record numbers of COVID-19 patients in many parts of the country, several high-ranking government officials have made statements that have elicited public criticism.
Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said the government would improve data collection and update the Integrated Data for Social Welfare (DTKS) -- a database of poor and vulnerable families -- next year amid a rising poverty rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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