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Jakarta (VOI News) - Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Indonesia Abdulla Salem Obaid Salem Al Dhaheri symbolically handed over medical equipment assistance to the Principal Secretary of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Harmensyah at Graha BNPB Jakarta, Tuesday (28/04). The assistance consisted of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks, hand sanitizers, and others worth Rp 11.5 billion h. In his remarks, Ambassador Abdulla Salem Obaid Salem Al Dhaheri said this assistance was a form of the United Arab Emirates' support to countries that are struggling against the COVID-19 epidemic. He added that all countries in the world have been affected and faced difficult times due to this epidemic. According to him, this difficult situation can only be combated through solidarity and coordination between all countries in the world.

"We believe that these difficult circumstances have affected the entire world. And it is only will be combated by the solidarity and the support and coordination between all members," the ambassador said.

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Abdulla Salem Obaid Salem Al Dhaheri added that the 20 tons of medical equipment assistance are considered to be the greatest assistance the country has ever donated to countries affected by the COVID-19. (VOI / AHM)

Indonesia has readied 10 thousand beds at one thousand hospitals for patients, who contracted coronavirus nationwide in order to upgrade the capacity and quality of healthcare facilities, according to the National Task Force for COVID-19.

"Over a thousand hospitals are now functioning to treat COVID-19 patients, whether confirmed positive cases or patients under observation (PDP)," Achmad Yurianto, the government’s spokesperson for COVID-19 response, stated during a daily press briefing here on Monday.

The hospitals comprise those under the management of the central government and local governments as well as police and military in addition to private hospitals. Some seven to eight thousand beds among the available 10 thousand are currently occupied, he noted.

The authority has ensured that hospitals across Indonesia will have sufficient capacity to accommodate patients.

Concurrently, the government will continue to upgrade infrastructure to self-produce testing kit and reagent for the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, as "it becomes significant and one of the government's priorities."

Over 75 thousand specimens has been tested using this method and contact tracing, and more tests will be conducted on a massive scale.

"This is the key for us to achieve more than 10,000 real-time PCR tests per day across Indonesia and is important as testing, tracing, treatment, as well as the trimming movement are the all-rounded concept to adopt in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic," Yurianto noted.

Indonesia reported a total of 9,096 COVID-19 positive cases, with 1,151 patients having recovered while another 765 patients succumbing to the disease, as of April 27 at 12:00 p.m. local time.（ANTARA）

Jakarta (VOI News) - The Indonesian Consulate General in Cape Town, South Africa, successfully repatriated 43 Indonesian crew members who were stranded in Cape Town, South Africa, due to lockdown in that country. The 43 crew consisted of 28 crew members from the Shinsei Maru No.3 ship repatriated by air and 15 crew members from Fukukyu Maru No. 51 repatriated by the fishing vessel. This was conveyed by the Indonesian Consul General in Cape Town, Mohammad Siradj Parwito when contacted by the Voice of Indonesia’s reporter by phone on Monday (4/27/2020). Mohammad Siradj Parwito further said that 28 crew landed in Jakarta on Sunday (4/26) while the other 15 crew members are expected to arrive within the next 20 days.

"They arrived in Indonesia on Sunday the 26th and they actually stayed overnight in Narita. Then from Narita they flew directly to Jakarta. In Jakarta, they are temporarily accommodated by PT Harini agents, and for those who travel to Java, they can directly use the bus, but those from outside Java must be accommodated first in the agent office because they are actually all healthy and have passed the medical examination in Jakarta. For the other 15 crew members, they use fishing vessels where they work and are expected to arrive in Indonesia 20 days later," said Mohammad Siradj Parwito to Voice of Indonesia.

Mohammad Siradj Parwito added that since the lockdown, the South African government has banned international flights, both from and to South Arica. But he added, specifically for repatriation it is still permitted by the South African government. (VOI / ADVENT / AHM)

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H Laoly invites the public to recognize, preserve, and protect the Communal Intellectual Property of Indonesia as the glue for national identity.The invitation was delivered by Yasonna in commemoration of World Intellectual Property Day which falls on Sunday. Yasonna, through her written statement in Jakarta on Sunday, said that Communal Intellectual Property is not only able to encourage the development of the region and the economy of the community but also as a glue to the identity of the Indonesian nation.In addition, the registration of Communal Intellectual Property is also a way to protect Indonesia's cultural and biological heritage and protect against piracy from foreign parties. Yasonna added, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is very serious in protecting Indonesia's intellectual property//ant