VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

President Joko Widodo appealed to all parties, including his ministers and also the public, that during the crisis period due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still lurking, handling the pandemic still has to be taken seriously.

In a briefing at the Plenary Cabinet Session at the State Palace on Monday, Jokowi said that he had ordered the Covid-19 Handling Committee to focus on handling the COVID-19.

"I want to order the ranks of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery, Health Minister, National Army, National Police, to really make matters related to COVID-19 become our business. The economy will follow. If the handling of COVID-19 is good, the economy will also be good," President Jokowi said.

The President warned to minimize the emergence of new clusters, such as office clusters, family clusters, and later election clusters.

"Be careful with the office cluster, family cluster, also the Regional Election cluster. Because what we always go after is public places, but we also have to be careful with the family cluster. Because when we get home we feel safe when we're supposed to stay cautious. At the office, health protocols must not loosen," he said.

Based on data from the Covid-19 Task Force on Sunday, the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia had reached 194,109 cases, with 138,575 recoveries and 8,025 deaths. (RRI)