[Sitio web del Palacio Presidencial]President Jokowi presiding over the COVID-19 pandemic and the National Committee for Economic Recovery report on a partial cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday (November 23). The President said at the meeting that in order to face the new corona pneumonia epidemic and maintain the recovery of the national economy and sustained and constant growth, a balanced and effective policy must be maintained. The prevention and control of the epidemic should not be lax or slow, especially the number of new confirmed corona pneumonias in the country continues to increase and the epidemic is far from over. It is far from over and the epidemic situation has not even shown signs of improving.

The president went on to say: “We have adopted the strategy of adequately adjusting the control measures of the new epidemic crown from the beginning, so that the spread of the epidemic is effectively controlled. But we must not slacken. The risk of the second wave of Epidemic attacks still exist, and we must not relax our prevention and control measures. We must be very attentive to the rebound in the epidemic. “

Therefore, the President emphasized that people throughout the country must strictly follow and implement the new health and prevention procedures for the corona pneumonia epidemic, and the violation of the prevention and health procedures of the epidemic must be sanctioned in accordance with the law.

In addition, the president also asked relevant officials to pay particular attention to the 2020 concurrent local chiefs elections, to ensure that all local candidates must implement the new regulations on prevention of the pneumonia epidemic and sanitation when conducting electoral activities for prevent the spread of the epidemic.

As for the new corona pneumonia vaccine, the president emphasized that he will closely follow the government’s preparations and pay attention to the process of distribution of the new corona pneumonia vaccine to all regions of the country and the implementation of the standard procedure for vaccination against new corona pneumonia.

The president said: “I will personally closely supervise and strictly verify the details of each preparation work so that the vaccination process can be carried out in a very smooth and orderly manner. Most importantly, the vaccine distribution process and the implementation mechanism must be continually evaluated., Guarantee the safe and smooth transport of vaccines to all regions of the country. ”(V)