Indonesia claims daily testing capacity increase to 12,000

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has claimed that the central government increased its Covid-19 testing capacity to 12,000 per day, showing a wide discrepancy with the data provided by the Health Ministry.

“The capacity of active laboratories to conduct tests has significantly increased. The capacity of testing has increased up to 12,000 per day. I repeat, the capacity of testing has increased up to 12,000 per day, ” Retno said at a press conference on Thursday (April 23).