President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reasserted the government’s dedication to prioritizing health concerns in consisting of the COVID-19 outbreak.
” Considering that the start, the government has actually corresponded in prioritizing health problems in releasing policies to manage the COVID-19 crisis. As soon as again, public health should be our concern,” the President stated in a virtual press instruction on Saturday.
In addition to the focus on health, the federal government is working to preserve and restore the country’s economy. Jokowi added that the federal government had actually paid out a total of Rp 203.9 trillion (US$136 billion) for people affected by the epidemic.
According to the government, it had actually paid out Rp 29.1 trillion to 10 million receivers through the Family Hope Program (PKH) as well as Rp 30.9 trillion to 19 million recipients of the nationwide staple food program.
Authorities likewise disbursed Rp 4.4 trillion to 1.9 million recipients of the Greater Jakarta staple food assistance and Rp 24.7 trillion worth of social help to 9 million receivers outside Greater Jakarta.
The federal government dispersed other aid through numerous programs, consisting of the preemployment card program, cash aid from village funds, employees’ aid along with totally free and discounted electricity.
The government has been knocked by several celebrations, consisting of the Indonesian Ombudsman, for prioritizing economic healing over public health in dealing with COVID-19, as it rebooted economic activities in several areas in the nation.
Numerous raised concerns that the country would lack healthcare facility beds for COVID-19 patients if cases continued to increase at the current pace. Health authorities validated a record daily high number of COVID-19 infections with 4,823 new cases on Friday.
State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir, who heads the nationwide COVID-19 reaction and financial healing committee, said the federal government had actually taken steps to increase the capability of testing and healthcare facility beds, along with the supply of medicine. ( aly)
