A coffin and a dummy dressed in a personal protective suit to look like a health worker are seen in public area to warn people about the dangers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
JAKARTA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Only last week Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s maritime minister and close confidant of the country’s president, touted herbal mangosteen juice as a coronavirus remedy.
His suggestion was the latest in a string of unorthodox treatments put forward by the president’s cabinet over the past six months, ranging from prayer to rice wrapped in banana-leaf to eucalyptus necklaces.
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