Indonesian authorities complained on Wednesday that hundreds of people had refused testing for the new coronavirus as social taboos emerge as another obstacle to stopping its spread in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.
FILE PHOTO: An Indonesian Red Cross personnel wearing a protective gear sprays disinfectant inside a classroom of a school after the government eased restriction measures amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Despite an acceleration in infections, this week hundreds of traditional traders in Bali and Sumatra refused to get tested, even as bustling, densely packed markets have emerged as common coronavirus infection points, officials said. “They are afraid of the stigma,” Klungkung Regent Nyoman Suwirta, told Reuters, “That later if it is discovered they will have to be isolated.”“Maybe there is fear, maybe there is trauma, we need to explore the reasons why,” said Jasman Rizal, the spokesperson of West Sumatra’s COVID-19 Taskforce, “The government must take persuasive action and educate.
The application of social distancing measures has varied across the country, with some communities paying little heed to them.
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