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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday that "millions" of migrants would soon head for Europe, drawing accusations from EU leaders that he is trying to pressure them into backing his incursions into Syria. As quoted by afp.com (03/3), Turkey gave the green light to refugees and migrants on Friday to leave for the European Union and thousands have since massed at the Greek border, triggering fears of an influx like that which poisoned European politics in 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Turkey's move as "unacceptable" and EU migration commissioner Margaritis Schinas said nobody could "blackmail or intimidate the EU". But Turkey, which hosts roughly four million refugees, is trying to hold off another mass influx from Syria.//afp.com//===

The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. As quoted by afp.com (03/3) WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  on Monday stated that  WHO is in uncharted territory. According to the World Health Organization , globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000 even as a clear shift in the crisis emerges, with nine times as many cases recorded outside China as inside, China has imposed draconian quarantines and travel restrictions to keep large swathes of the population indoors for weeks, a strategy that appears to have paid off as new cases have been falling this month. //afp.com//===

The government will pay for health services for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients as stipulated in the Health Minister’s Decree Number HK.01.07/MENKES/ 104/2020  on Coronavirus Infection as Disease that Could Cause Outbreak and its Mitigation. The decree was signed by the health minister on February 4, 2020.  As quoted by Antara News Agency , M. Iqbal Anas Ma'ruf, spokesman of the BPJS Health, explained  on Tuesday that the COVID-19 disease had been declared as an extraordinary event, so its medical service costs were not covered by the national health insurance BPJS. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed here on Monday that the Indonesian government had readied over 100 hospitals, with the application of WTO-required service and facility standards throughout the nation to handle coronavirus infection cases//ANT

Two Indonesian citizens were positively infected with the corona (Corona-19 ) virus. The news was announced directly by President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta on  Monday (2/3).  During the press conference in the company of Health Minister Agus Putranto, the president conveyed that the confirmation of the two Indonesia citizens infected by the corona virus was due to the fact that they had met with Japanese citizen who was also suffering from corona virus.

"Last week , there was information that there were Japanese people who visited Indonesia and then stayed in Malaysia and when they were  checked in the country, they were positively infected. The team from Indonesia directly traced the Japanese people on persons they had met during their visit to  Indonesia and finally found the the result.  They come to a conclusion that  the  Japanese citizens  who have been affected by the Corona virus kept in touch  with 2 people in Indonesia, a mother who is 64 years old and her daughter who is 31 years old. While they were checked by Indonesian team, apparently they were in a sick condition. And in that morning I got a report from the Minister of Health, in fact the mother and her  daughter are positive Corona" President said. 

Furthermore,  Head of State assured that  the mother and her daughter have been in a safe handling at the Sulianti Saroso Infection Hospital. President Jokowi guarantees that the government is ready to handle corona virus patients. The medical tools are based on  international standards which have also been prepared to treat corona virus patients. However the budget to overcome the corona virus has also been allocated//(VOI/pradipta/edit r) Trans: AF