Jakarta, Sept. 14 -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto to audit security and health protocols at hospitals amid mounting number of cases of paramedics succumbing to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Auditing health protocols for patients and paramedics is deemed necessary to ensure that hospitals are secure places rather than being new clusters of COVID-19 transmission, he noted at a limited meeting held via video teleconference at the Merdeka Palace here on Monday.

"I urge the health minister to conduct an audit and correction of security protocols for paramedics and patients at all hospitals," he noted at the meeting held to discuss a report from the Committee for the COVID-19 Hand...