Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered ministers in his cabinet on Wednesday to use 'whatever means' necessary to ensure the country's infection ...
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered ministers in his Cabinet on Wednesday to use"whatever means" necessary to ensure the country's infection curve of the coronavirus outbreak goes down in May, to reach a low in cases by July.
"I ask that you exert all of your energy and concentrate on efforts to control COVID-19 and its impact," Widodo said during a Cabinet meeting broadcast by media.Widodo also ordered ministers to ensure economic stimulus went to sectors that had suffered the greatest contraction, based on first-quarter data on the gross domestic product.
Indonesia on Tuesday reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases with 484 new infections, taking the national total to 12,071.READ: Indonesia's Q1 GDP growth weakest since 2001, recession looms Indonesia's economy grew at its weakest pace since 2001 in the first quarter, as the pandemic halted business activity in Southeast Asia's largest economy and fuelled expectations of a looming recession.
Gross domestic product in January-March expanded a slower-than-expected 2.97 per cent from a year earlier, the weakest pace since the first quarter of 2001, statistics bureau data showed, and down from the previous quarter's 4.97 per cent.
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