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View all search resultsHasan Nasbi, chief of President Prabowo's Communication Office, said in a video statement issued on Monday that the meeting was an informal one as indicated by the fact that the President was not driven in a presidential car.
Hasan was quoted by Kompas.com saying that the decision was part of a greater scheme to limit access provided to journalists by Prabowo and that the president-elect would only make official statements when necessary.
"China congratulates Mr. Yoon on his election as the new president of South Korea," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters, adding Beijing is willing to promote "the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations."
The three new appointees are the Health Ministry's director for direct infectious diseases, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency's (BPOM) drug registration director, Lucia Rizka Andalucia, and state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma corporate secretary Bambang Heriyanto.
The central government could use a more coherent public communication strategy as it looks to address the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, with analysts pointing to deepening frustrations over mixed messages and a failure to effectively convey the seriousness of the situation.
The government's recent handling of COVID-19 has spark nostalgia online for the late National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, who dedicated his life to relaying information to the public when disasters struck.
Prior to his appointment, Yurianto had mixed up diseases and viruses when answering The Jakarta Post’s questions about a Japanese citizen who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon his return from a trip to Indonesia.
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