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View all search resultsDespite the ongoing nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, the positivity rate has remained relatively unchanged, a sign that Indonesia's pandemic response is still hamstrung by low testing capacity and a shortage in medical resources.
The rate of COVID-19 testing in Indonesia has dropped after the long weekend in late October, an occasion of increased mobility that many fear will lead to a case spike, while positivity rates remain persistently high despite Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto's claims of expanded monitoring efforts.
Bogor Regent Ade Yasin said the samples had begun piling up toward the end of September because of the laboratory's limited polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination tools, urging the Bogor Health Agency to accelerate its handling of the samples.
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