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The Indonesian government pushes the production of personal protective equipment and other medical devices with 100 percent raw materials from Indonesia.

The personal protective equipment met the international standards of AATCC 42 (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists) and ISO and ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), spokesperson for the COVID 19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito said in a press statement on Thursday.

Wiku explained that this step was an effort and policy undertaken by the government in suppressing the spread of COVID 19. He added that other innovations made were making ventilators and cloth masks with the equivalent of surgical masks.

"Second, another innovation is making ventilators made in Indonesia that have been clinically tested well. The third is producing cloth masks, with the same filtration capability as surgical masks and reuseable, and developing domestic vaccines through the Eijkman and Biofarma consortium, namely the Merah Putih vaccine," Wiku said.

Wiku said the government aims to protect the vulnerable, comorbid sufferers, the elderly, including health workers.

Another step that the government will take is to suppress active cases to increase recovery and reduce mortality.
The government also aims to increase the number of testing, tracing, treatment, vaccinations, and increasing the availability of reagents, PCR, and personal protective equipment. (YouTube presidential secretariat / nouva)