Less than 2 weeks from now, the ballot day will have happened. This need to not interrupt our substantial efforts to manage the unique coronavirus pandemic and to recover our economy
Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reiterated his call, Monday, for house minister, cops chief, and COVID-19 task force to specifically prioritize dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic on voting day of this year’s Dec-9 arranged synchronised local elections.
” Less than 2 weeks from now, the ballot day will have occurred. This should not disrupt our big efforts to handle the novel coronavirus pandemic and to recover our economy,” he mentioned at a meeting held at the Merdeka Palace here.
President Jokowi highlighted the significance of strictly carrying out the federal government’s health protocols during the staying days of the project trail and on the ballot day to avoid the emerging of brand-new COVID-19 clusters.
Speaking at the meeting highlighting concerns referring to the National Committee for Handing COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Recovery’s report, President Jokowi also drew attention to considerable issues connected to the long year-end holidays amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concerning the financial healing efforts, President Jokowi highlighted the contraction of Indonesia’s economy that could have been minimized, from -5.
” This enhancing pattern must be continued track, so that our condition in the 4th quarter is much better than that of the 3rd quarter,” he mentioned, including that a method should remain in place for pressing “the brake and accelerator pedals” in a balanced mode for managing public health and financial recovery problems.
Jokowi pointed out that the federal government’s endeavors to manage the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health and economy had begun revealing favorable results.
As of November 22, 2020, Indonesia’s average variety of active COVID-19 cases was recorded at 12.78 percent, or lower than the international rate of 28.41 percent, he mentioned.
COVID-19 at first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 and spread out throughout the world, consisting of to countries in the Asia-Pacific area.
Indonesia made an official statement on the country’s very first validated cases on March 2 this year.
The Indonesian federal government has actually consistently expressed confidence in the capacity of COVID-19 vaccines for assisting win the battle versus the COVID-19 pandemic that has presented a severe threat to public health and the economy.
Over the past few months, the federal government has made all-out efforts to protect possible COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesians through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
The government is also supporting research efforts towards developing the nation’s own COVID-19 vaccine, Merah Putih (Red and White), named after the colors of the national flag.
Indonesia is working together with China and the United Kingdom for the procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccine prospects.
An Indonesian delegation protected access to COVID-19 vaccines from China during a meeting with the agents from Cansino, G42, Sinopharm, and Sinovac in China on October 10 this year.
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