SUSPECTED cases and close contacts of confirmed coronavirus cases, especially those without symptoms, are left to their own means to find out their infection status as the government still lacks the ability to provide testing in many parts of the country.
Agustinus Anom Prabowo, a 38-year-old graphic designer and his family of 11 in South Tangerang, Banten, had to pay 9.9 million rupiah (RM2,850) for all of them to get tested on Nov 25, after they came into close contact with confirmed cases several days prior.
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