Govt mulling evacuation of Indonesians from Diamond Princess


JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government is considering the evacuation of the Indonesians on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Muhadjir Effendy said on Thursday (Feb 20).

I already delivered the options to the president, and he will come up with the decision within two days. I believe he will make a concise decision like when we evacuated our people from Wuhan, ” Muhadjir said, referring to China's epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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