Indonesia, for the longest time, boasted (yes, they, the govt, the health minister, literally boasted) to have zero Covid.19. The moment the country found out that they have 2 Covid.19, they acted as-if the current administration was "ready" and threw an elaborate press conference detailing the steps to track down the infected patients only to be ousted by the patients themselves.

This is the news about how the Indonesian government "was ready to track" and ensure "proper steps" were taken:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/first-coronavi...

This is the rebuttal from the infected patient themselves (This source is from the #1 newspaper in the country):

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/03/05/09025741/sejumla...

Essentially they're saying that "no, the govt didn't track down coronavirus, we went to the hospital and check ourselves as soon as we heard about our dance partner who was positive".

You need to talk to the locals regarding these news to learn the nuances/truth. We can't rely on NYTimes, BBC, or any international medias.

I can understand why Government "tries" to act as if they're ready because they don't want the citizens to be panicking and creating further chaos. They (the govt) have no choice but to lie.

Take a look at Los Angeles Costco news recently.