President Joko Widodo puts on a mask after delivering a speech at an economic workshop in Jakarta on December 21,2022 (Antara photo/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
BY: HERMAN
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Jakarta. President Joko Jokowi Widodo on Wednesday indicated that his federal government will lift all social constraints connected to Covid-19 that have remained in place for almost 3 years, recommending that the country is now fully equipped to handle the ongoing pandemic.
Speaking at a workshop on the Indonesian financial outlook in Jakarta, the president stated that the number of everyday cases is no longer a risk to the nationwide health system in comparison to the tens of countless cases a day during its peak.
The other day, the day-to-day number was recorded at 1,200 and maybe at the end of the year we will declare an end to PSBB and PPKM, the president said, referring to the Indonesian acronyms for massive social restrictions and people s activity restrictions that started in April 2020.
The day-to-day tally hit a record high of 64,718 cases on February 16 triggered by the Omicron variation. The nation of 273 million individuals has taped 6.7 million cases and over 160,000 deaths since the pandemic began.
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We should keep in mind the difficulties we have gone through. We remember that we lacked of personal protective equipment and oxygen and medical facilities were overwhelmed, Jokowi said.
The president likewise recalled how the majority of the cabinet members advised him to enforce an overall lockdown, which he refused due to financial considerations.
I bear in mind that practically 80 percent of ministers suggested that I enforce a lockdown, also some components of the society prompted the very same thing. Had we done that, it would have been a various story today, the president stated.
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