Situation Update Response to COVID-19 in As of 6 July 2020

As of 6 July, the Government of Indonesia has announced 64,958 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across all provinces of the country, with 3,241 deaths. The Government has also announced that 29,919 people have recovered from the illness, and over 928,000 specimens have been tested by using the Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay and the Molecular Rapid Test for Tuberculosis methods.

In the context of Adaptation to the New Behavior for productive and safe communities against COVID-19 disease, the Task Force for the Acceleration of the COVID-19 response regularly updates the risk mapping, based on criteria and parameters set by the WHO. The following map from the Task Force shows the level of risk using the latest data (of 28 June 2020):

On 25 June a coordination meeting was held, led by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, with the participation of the clusters, sub-clusters and working groups leads, Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI), the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Disaster Risk Reduction Forum of and NTT as well as SEJAJAR. The meeting provided an opportunity to share recent achievements and challenges from each of the sectors involved in the response to COVID-19.

Health

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Public Health Laboratory Association (APHL), conducted two rounds of training on PCR testing for COVID-19, which were attended by around 200 students majoring in laboratories. The WHO presented global and national updates on COVID-19, and updated laboratory testing guidelines for COVID-19. In addition, training is underway for PCR testing; six trainings for laboratory students and one for the Indonesian Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) staff.

A socialization webinar on Waste Management during COVID-19, including on the current policy on solid and liquid waste management, water, sanitation and hygiene as well as on the use of incinerators and autoclaves was held at the end of June, and was attended by 512 participants from the Provincial and District Health Offices; it was also viewed by another 4,378 people through YouTube streaming. This webinar is the first of its series on this topic and carried out across the 34 provinces.

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UNFPA has provided support to the National Population and Family Planning Agency in the preparation of Guidelines and Technical Guidelines for Services and Availability of Contraception in Crisis Situations, as well as to the Ministry of Health to prepare the Minimum Initial Service Package Guidelines in Elderly Reproductive Health Services.

Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) messages have been disseminated by UNICEF to 670,469 individuals (347,782 children; 322,687 adults /young people/ caregivers) through its and partners’ platforms.

Logistics

Logistics capacity assessments are ongoing in East , South , , , South , South , , , and , involving logistics stakeholders including the private sector. The reports are expected to be available in the next three weeks. The National Logistics Cluster documentation on the COVID-19 pandemic response is available in the following link: https://wfp.sharepoint.com/sites/KlasterNasionalLogistik .

Shelter

Despite constrains due to the risk of the corona virus spread, post-disaster shelter development continues, with 178,000 shelters being completed in West Nusa Tenggara (79 percent of the plan) and 1,431 shelters completed in .

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The Hand Washing with Soap (HWWS) Guidance has been issued by the Ministry of Health with the support of UNICEF. The guidance provides five options for the creation of simple HWWS facilities, with estimated costs ranging from a very minimum to five million Indonesian rupiah.

Child Protection

Parenting modules are being rolled out in institutions and with parents, with a focus on coping with COVID-19 and the prevention of violence against children. To date, the modules have benefited 89,400 children (44,400 girls; 45,000 boys) in 298 out of 514 districts.

A series of trainings on GBV risk mitigation in the context of COVID-19 took place, with the participation of 159 UNICEF staff and consultants (102 females; 57 males), as well as 346 staff and volunteers from the Government and NGO/CSO partners. Subsequent to the training for partners working on Integrative Social Welfare Services for Children and Families in Java, access to safe reporting of sexual abuse and exploitation has been extended to more than 2.7 million persons (including more than 1 million children) in the provinces of East and Central Java.

Protection and Management of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Women's Empowerment

Some activities carried out by the sub-cluster members and partners include:

• Support to the implementation of GBV prevention and management protocols during the COVID-19 crisis in , NTT, , , , North and Central Sulawesi (Wahana Visi Indonesia, LPSDM, UNFPA). • Strengthen or building of community-based service referral mechanisms within existing government mechanisms in NTB and Central Sulawesi. (LPSDM, Kapal Perempuan, Libu Perempuan, KPKPST, Sikola Mobine). • Provision of direct assistance to affected women in Jakarta, West Java, Banten, , Central Java, , NTB, NTT, , Yogyakarta, and Central Sulawesi (Kapal Perempuan, Kerti Praja Foundation, UNFPA). • Strengthening of the capacity of villages in the COVID-19 Task Force on the role of women in the prevention and management of GBV in Papua and Jakarta (UNDP).

Nutrition

The dissemination of communication messages, materials and tools for key nutrition and social behavior changes has been undertaken through a wide range of platforms and has reached 5,103,000 people. The Ministry of Health, in partnership with UNICEF, has organized a series of webinars on nutrition topics such as nutrition in emergencies, adolescent nutrition,

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Education

To assess the effectiveness of off-line learning, the second phase of a national assessment was conducted through the Ministry of Education and Culture TV broadcasts, by using UNICEF’s RapidPro platform. A survey on the wider effectiveness of learning from home was also conducted, targeting parents and students across Indonesia, with a specific focus in remote rural areas of Papua. The results will inform the on-going monitoring of off-line learning which will be conducted on a weekly basis and reported through national systems.

Early Recovery

To get a comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic impact of community protection programmes, National Cluster on Early Recovery members are conducting a series of surveys, including household surveys with SMERU and BPS (using Susenas Database), a survey activity framework for MSME, a gender survey with LPEM UI, and innovative financing analysis.

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