Risk Assessment Report – 23 November 2020

• Worldwide, there have been over 58.9 million cases and more than 1.39 million deaths attributed to COVID-19.

• As the central government in Indonesia plans to reopen schools for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year, the National

Child Protection Commission (KPAI) is urging it to focus on preparing infrastructure and protocols for students returning to

classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The KPAI believes the government is unprepared and has evaded its responsibility by

making regional administrations responsible for taking care of the necessary preparations. The central government issued a

joint ministerial decree (SKB) on Friday that allowed regional administrations in all zones to reopen schools. The regional

administrations were given the authority to reopen schools as the central government believes they understand the situations

in their respective regions best. Furthermore, the local administrations will also have to fund the infrastructure preparation and

swab test kits from their own budgets. The Health Ministry reorted 4,360 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday (November

22), bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 497,668.