Speaking from the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Monday, the President cautioned that the balance between push and pull must be maintained and care must be taken so that no policy triggers a second wave of COVID-19 transmission.
"The push-and-pull strategy, that we have reiterated from the beginning, should be regulated properly. Do not lose balance and raise the risk of a second wave, which could set us back again," he said during a limited meeting of the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery (PEN).
The President urged the Committee for Handling COVID-19, PEN, as well as local governments to prohibit and not hesitate to intervene firmly in activities that could potentially violate health protocols.
"Take precautions as early as possible," he urged.
The President said that such a strategy has so far yielded results.
As of November 22, 2020, Indonesia's average active case rate for COVID-19 was pegged at 12.78 percent, which was much lower compared to the global rate of 28.41 percent.
Furthermore, the average recovery rate for COVID-19 patients in Indonesia was 84.03 percent, significantly higher than the global rate of 69.2 percent.
“Then, in the economic field, the trend of economic growth in the second quarter of 2020 from -5.32 percent improved in the third quarter of 2020 to -3.49 percent. We must also fix this so that the fourth quarter of 2020 is better than the third quarter of 2020," President Jokowi remarked. (INE)
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Translator: Indra Arief Pribadi/Aria Cindy
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