JAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 outbreak has claimed 38 lives in Indonesia, and 81 new cases were confirmed on Saturday, bringing the total to 450 in the country, the Indonesian government said on Saturday.

At a press conference, the government's spokesperson for all coronavirus-related matters Achmad Yurianto said that 20 people have recovered from the disease.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said he would use "all state powers" to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.

The government has launched a rapid testing measure in areas where COVID-19 cases are found. The Indonesian capital of Jakarta, which is home to some 10 million people, declared a state of emergency on Friday as most cases were found in the city.

Two islands, the Sebaru island on the Java Sea in the northern part of Jakarta and the Galang island in the Riau Islands, will be used to quarantine people infected with the virus starting on March 28.

The government has turned the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, the apartment towers in Central Jakarta which were used to billet athletes competing in the 2018 Asian Games, into an emergency hospital to treat people with the disease.

The apartments, the government said, will have the capacity to accommodate at least 22,000 patients. Enditem

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