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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the government’s initial strategy to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic was to find a balance. The government does not want to focus only on health problems.
This was emphasized by Jokowi in a video uploaded to YouTube’s Presidential Secretariat on the strategy for handling Covid-19, quoted by CNBC Indonesia on Sunday (04/10/2020).
“I understand that there are still many challenges, but we have done quite a few. In short, the government’s strategy from the beginning was to find a balance point,” Jokowi said.
Jokowi stressed that public health remains a priority for the government when dealing with Covid-19. However, this does not mean that the government will simply sacrifice the economy that was also affected by the pandemic.
“If we sacrifice the economy, it is the same as sacrificing tens of millions of people. This is not an option that we have made, we have to find the right balance,” he said.
Jokowi emphasized that the government has been trying to find this balance to date. The hope is that health problems can be solved, economic problems can be managed so that the burden on society does not increase.
“There is no need to speculateemergency shutdown provinsi, Iemergency shutdown city, or menemergency shutdown district, because it will sacrifice the community. We are serious about preventing the spread of the pest, “he explained.
[Gambas:Video CNBC](wia)
