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President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is articulating a new-fangled strategy for campaign to propagate health protocols to stop the transmission of COVID-19, including by conducting bi-weekly awareness drives and involving Family Welfare Movement members.

"I want that our focus remains unwavering on health protocols and changing the people's outlook. I want focused (approaches). For instance, we focus on campaigning for the use of masks in two weeks and then in the next two weeks, we campaign on maintaining a safe distance or washing hands," the president noted at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Monday.

Jokowi made the statement at a limited meeting themed "COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery," with attendees comprising ministers of the Onward Indonesia Cabinet.

"I think it is important to not collectively campaign for hand-washing, maintaining distance, avoiding crowds, and wearing masks. If we do them together, I think the upper middle class citizens can quickly comprehend it, but it needs to be done one-by-one for the lower-class communities," the president remarked.(ANTARA)