VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The Covid-19 pandemic that has hit the world since the end of 2019 has brought about an impact on all aspects of human life in the world. Besides health sector, almost all sectors are affected both socially and economically.

Various efforts have been carried out by countries in the world to overcome the effects of this pandemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), no country is fully prepared to deal with it.

Take for example Indonesia; to deal with the impact of the pandemic, the government has made various efforts by strengthening the health sector in a bid to ensure access for everyone to good-quality health services. In addition, the Indonesian government is also carrying out economic recovery efforts, namely by providing support to affected communities, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the business world.

Efforts to overcome the impact of the pandemic are carried out by not only the Indonesian government at home, but also other countries such as those who are members of the G20 to jointly pursue collaboration.

Indonesian Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati in her official statement in Jakarta, Sunday (20/9), said that member countries of the G20 have agreed to continue to co-work and carry out global actions, especially to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the health, social and economic sectors. The G20 countries will continue to implement policies to protect lives, jobs and incomes, support the global economic recovery, and boost the resilience of health and financial systems.

In the health sector, global cooperation among the G20 countries is carried out on vaccines. The G20 countries are expected to be the driving force for equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine at an affordable price for everyone.

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about not only negative impacts on social, economic and health sectors, but also improvement of the world cooperation and solidarity. Countries, that are less affected or that have recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, are helping countries that are still affected. All have to account for and take part in the global action against the Covid-19 pandemic.