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Tri Wahyono, an epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, said human-to-human transmissions will spread rapidly in severely affected areas such as Greater Jakarta. The prediction that cases will peak in early June and reach a plateau in August is very likely to be missed, he said, noting that the epidemiologist said the final number of cases will surpass the projected 32,000./. … [Read more...] about Indonesia deploys soldiers, police to enforce “new normal” scenario

Meanwhile, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be home quarantined for 14 days after an officer who attended a recent meeting with him tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on May 22. … [Read more...] about Indonesian President cancels holiday public gathering

The government expects a 10 percent drop in state revenue this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and weak commodity prices, forecasting that economic growth will more than halve to 2.3 percent, from 5 percent in 2019. It expects a fiscal deficit of 5.07 percent of GDP for 2020, the biggest in more than a decade./. … [Read more...] about Indonesia to impose VAT on internet companies from July

Hanoi (VNA) – The Indonesian government should increase economic recovery spending to 600 trillion Rp (40.17 billion USD) to help domestic businesses cope with the economic impacts of COVID-19, according to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin). Kadin Vice Chairwoman Shinta Kamdani said at an online press conference on May 14 that the current budget for the economic recovery programme would be insufficient to support businesses, adding that many enterprises only have enough cash to maintain their operations by June. President Joko Widodo should raise spending to about 600 trillion Rp for economic recovery, 600 trillion Rp for social security programmes and another 400 trillion Rp for the health system, Shinta suggested. According to Kinda data, Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell to a 19-year low of 2.97 percent in the first quarter of this year due to the impact of COVID-19. The government is mulling a plan to begin easing COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Indonesia needs to spend 40 billion USD recovering economy: business group

Jakarta (VNA) –The Indonesian government has no plans to ease the enactment of the Large Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) policy in the immediate future, as the government is still focusing on the national mudik (homecoming) ban for the next two weeks to curb the spread of COVID-19, said President Joko Widodo. Speaking at an online cabinet meeting on May 18, Widodo stressed that there is no relaxation of the PSBB policy, the public should not be mistaken that the government has begun to relax PSBB. He asked the Chief of the Indonesian Police Force, General Idham Azis, as well as the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto, to ensure the effective enforcement of the mudik ban. The President has also reminded that the mudik ban is only applicable to limit the mobility of people, not goods. According to Widodo, the government is preparing PSBB easing scenarios and continues to monitor disease developments before making a decision on the … [Read more...] about Indonesia: No relaxation of large-scale social restriction policy