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JAKARTA - Indonesia's Health Minister Mr Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Wednesday (Feb 17) Covid-19 testing is insufficient as epidemiologists expressed fears that the pandemic is getting out of control in the sprawling archipelago. Citing a rise in the positivity rate, which is the percentage of tests that come back positive, Mr Budi said that health authorities want to widen testing soon by intensifying antigen tests. "By doing this, we will detect a greater number of positive cases more quickly. We will also know faster if someone is infected," he said in a live-streamed press briefing. Coping with the worst...
