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The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official COVID-19 death toll by 50 percent, adding 1,290 fatalities. Wuhan officials attributed the new figure to updated reporting and deaths outside hospitals. China has insisted there was no cover-up. Wuhan's 11 million residents spent months in strict lockdown conditions, which have only recently been eased. The latest official figures bring the death toll in the city in China's central Hubei province to 3,869, increasing the national total to more than 4,600. China has confirmed nearly 84,000 coronavirus infections, the seventh-highest globally, according to Johns Hopkins University data. In a statement released on Friday, officials in Wuhan said the revised figures were the result of new data received from multiple sources, including records kept by funeral homes and prisons//AFP

Deputy Chairperson of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Lestari Moerdijat has urged the government, to give serious consideration to the recent spike in dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases in Indonesia, which now exceed 41 thousand. She said in a statement  on Friday as quoted by Antara that she understands, that the government is currently facing complex and severe health issues, particularly the COVID-19 outbreak.

But, the trend of increasing number of dengue cases should not be ignored. Based on data provided by the Ministry of Health, the number of dengue cases has reached 41,883 as of April 14, 2020, which is much higher than last year, when the country recorded 40,425 cases. Lestari Moerdijat has called for vigilance as the death toll due to DHF has also been quite high. As of April 14, 2020, Indonesia has recorded 266 deaths compared to 354 last year//Ant

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Friday morning, on the back of positive sentiment toward risk assets.The rupiah soared 202 points, or 1.29 percent, to Rp15,438 as compared to Rp15,640 per US dollar earlier."This morning, risk assets received a positive sentiment after some European countries and the US announced plans to lift the coronavirus lockdown, to revive their economy along with a slow pace of spread of coronavirus," Monex Investindo Futures Chief Researcher Ariston Tjendra stated in Jakarta on Friday as quoted by Antara.US President Donald Trump had recently announced a guide to lifting the coronavirus lockdown in three phases, and 29 states can lift it in the near future//Ant

Indonesia’s fishery exports in the first quarter of 2020 increased, as trade restrictions with China amid coronavirus concerns, pushed businesses to find new markets, according to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP).

"The increase in the value of Indonesian fishery exports during the January-March, 2020 period, was affected by the closure and restrictions on imports by China since the beginning of 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak," director general of Competitiveness Strengthening at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Nilanto Perbowo, said on Friday in Jakarta as quoted by Antara.

According to Perbowo, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted exporter countries such as Indonesia to divert shipments to the US and European markets, the largest markets for shrimp and tuna products.The increase in exports was mainly noted for processed raw materials, retail supply, ready-to-serve, and durable fish, such as canned fish.The United States ranked first among the five main export destination countries in January-March, 2020. Exports to China, which came next//Ant