JAKARTA, Oct 12\u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) —\u00a0A total of 19 members of the Indonesian Parliament have been confirmed COVID-19 positive, with the republic recording 3,492 new positive cases within the\u00a0last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Secretary General\u00a0of the\u00a0House\u00a0of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia, Indra Iskandar, a total of 42 staff of the house have also been infected with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to the local media today, he expressed concern of more staff of the house being confirmed COVID-19 positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last time the Indonesian DPR, which has 575 members, met was on Oct 5 when it passed the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, which also led to protests being held in Jakarta and several other cities on Oct 8 by quarters who opposed the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Friday, Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party lawmaker Soepriyatno died due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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INDONESIA-COVID 2 (LAST) JAKARTA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on the data published by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) on its official twitter page @BNPB_Indonesia today, the overall positive cases in the republic have now increased to 336,716, with a total of 11,935 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jakarta province recorded the highest total number of positive cases, at 88,174, an additional of 1,211 new positive cases within the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Jakarta has re-enforced the transition phase (recovery) of the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) for two weeks starting today, which among others allow some socio-economic activities to be back in operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, in a statement, said PSBB would be re-enforced if the daily positive cases continues to surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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