Bloomberg: Indonesia's COVID-19 Handling Among the Worst

A Bloomberg report shows Indonesia's Covid-19 resilience score has plummeted to the lowest rank. Indonesia scored 40.2 points, placing it 53rd globally as of July 27, 2021, a four-place drop from the previous report.

Bloomberg assessed that Indonesia has been the slowest in opening border access. Several issues are at stake, such as the high Covid-19 death toll, with over 1,300 deaths per day. This is compounded by insufficient vaccine supply.

To date, only 11.9% of the population has received the Covid-19 vaccine. The severity of regional lockdowns is at 69 points, while flight capacity is down 56.8%.

Indonesia's position is not significantly different from other Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia and the Philippines, which scored 42.5 and 45.5 points respectively. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom considers this situation a catastrophic moral failure in vaccine access.

Globally, Norway leads with the best Covid-19 resilience rating. The Nordic country scored 77.2 points and is considered ready to reopen its borders. Norway has also vaccinated 48% of its total population, has a relatively low Covid-19 death rate, and has begun opening its borders. As a result, the country climbed 10 places from the previous report and is considered to have handled the Covid-19 pandemic best.

Bloomberg compiled the Covid-19 resilience ranking of 53 countries to illustrate which regions have the most effective coronavirus response with minimal social and economic disruption. Bloomberg used extensive data to measure the Covid-19 resilience ranking, ranging from the quality of healthcare facilities, vaccination coverage, mortality rates, travel processes, to border relaxation.