Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan Claims Indonesia is the Most Tolerant in Fighting COVID-19 in Today's Memory, January 3, 2022

JAKARTA - Remembering today, four years ago, January 3, 2022, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan emphasized that Indonesia was the most patient in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. All because the fight against the corona virus was carried out from the top to the bottom.

Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had revealed that the government was not optimal in breaking the chain of transmission of the virus from Wuhan. Jokowi asked the people to make peace with COVID-19 until the vaccine was present.

The corona virus was once seen as a joke by all countries in the world. Not a few who consider the corona as if it were a common influenza. Alias a virus that will disappear quickly through rest and regular medication. However, the assumption of many world leaders is wrong.

The virus from Wuhan is able to spread quickly - it is also dangerous. The virus can cause death and panic. Later the world panicked because the virus which was initially only in China began to spread throughout the world.

Indonesia itself was not panicking when the corona virus was detected in March 2020. The Indonesian government was in a panic. The government owner did not have a measurable breakthrough in breaking the chain of transmission of COVID-19. All sorts of solutions are often rolled out, but many fail.

Not to mention the guidance for dealing with COVID-19 from the world health body, WHO which often changes. This condition makes the corona virus spread and dangerous. The impact is not only to the emergence of casualties. However, the corona has a big influence on the aspirations of many people.

Economic activities are paralyzed. Companies that go bankrupt are plentiful. Those who are fired from their jobs are no less numerous. As a result, Jokowi appears to give his people the strength to face COVID-19.

Jokowi asked all Indonesians not to give up. Jokowi asked the people to continue to be productive. He also invited them to make peace with the corona virus. The call for peace was made because Jokowi saw that the only option to fight COVID-19 was to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine.

"Not yet, yes. But we want to continue to see the numbers. We will see the facts on the ground. The point is, we have to be very careful. Don't let us make the wrong decision. But, we also have to see the current conditions of the community. "

"The conditions affected by layoffs, the conditions of people who no longer have income. This must be seen. We want people to be productive and stay safe from COVID-19. Yes, be active, yes. And we must compromise with COVID-19, we can live side by side with COVID-19. Yesterday I said, we must make peace with COVID-19," said Jokowi as quoted by lamandetik.com, May 16, 2020.

The fight against COVID-19 continues. The presence of vaccines which are considered as the answer has not been really effective. Criticism has also emerged from everywhere. However, the government has a different view.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, emphasized that Indonesia was the most patient in fighting COVID-19 on January 3, 2022. Luhut not only compared Indonesia with countries on the Asian continent, but the world. This condition is because Luhut considers the government to have worked well.

All of this is because the coordination related to breaking the COVID-19 chain has been carried out systematically, from the top to the bottom ranks. Luhut is confident that the effort to break the COVID-19 chain will be realized.

"If you look, there is almost no (country) in the world now, who is as patient as we are in dealing with COVID-19. That is, integrated, integrated, holistic, and there are regular meetings from the highest leadership to the bottom. The President also conveyed a message, the (good) handling is not only COVID-9, we must also implement the others like this so that we can really solve the problem," said Luhut as quoted by the ANTARA website, January 3, 2022.