'Pesantren' demand more COVID-19 assistance

Many pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia are reportedly ill-prepared to handle the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of confirmed cases at the facilities has been rising. 
According to Rabithah Ma’ahid Islamiyah (RMI), an institution under Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and the umbrella organization of NU pesantren, at least 207 clerics at 110 pesantren nationwide have died of COVID-19 as of Dec. 8.
RMI chairman Abdul Ghofarrozin said the coronavirus threatened the wellbeing of pesantren as well as clerics, and the government had yet to perform optimally to safeguard citizens.
“The indicators including suboptimal coordination among [government] agencies or ministries with regard to handling COVID-19 at pesantren, limited education and information about [the spread of the coronavirus] at pesantren and public commun...

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