MSMEs Participate In Mutual Cooperation Vaccination, Erick Thohir Optimistic That The Economy Returns To Normal In 2022

Minister of BUMN, Erick Thohir. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of BUMN)

JAKARTA - The government continues to strive to restore the national economy. It is hoped that next year, Indonesia's economy will return to normal. This optimism is supported by vaccination efforts for employees of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who are involved in mutual cooperation or independent vaccination.

For your information, of the 22.736 companies that registered up to the third stage, 7.000 came from MSMEs. This number is expected to continue to grow until it reaches 20 million private employees who are targeted by the government to be vaccinated against COVID-19. By doing so, Erick believes that the economic recovery will gradually return to a normal phase.

SOEs Minister Erick Thohir said he was happy because the mutual cooperation vaccination program prioritized MSMEs. Erick said that this sector is very important because MSMEs are the backbone of the Indonesian economy.

"I think MSMEs are a very important backbone for the Republic of Indonesia. It is impossible for our country not to involve MSMEs in enforcing balance rather than making the economy sustainable", he said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, May 19.

Vaccination for the MSME sector encourages government optimism that the country's economy will revive. Erick believes that the national economy will return to normal in 2022.

"Of course we hope that with the sustainability of MSMEs it can return to normalization of economic activity gradually. We are optimistic that next year our economy will return to normal", he said.

Erick said, even though economic conditions had begun to return to normal, the community still had to strictly carry out the COVID-19 health protocol.

"Although of course, we have to agree, the situation that we are experiencing is of course post-epidemic this is still like this. Health workshops must run well, wear masks, keep your distance and wash your hands", he said.