Back From China, Luhut Immediately Asked Minister Of Health Budi To Increase The COVID-19 Vaccination To 1 Million Per Day: Very Disciplined There

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, asked Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin to increase COVID-19 vaccination to 1 million injections per day in July, following an increase in infection cases in the country.

"I saw the numbers increasing. Yesterday there were almost 8 thousand (cases) of infections but the government continued to vaccinate. Yesterday it was close to 600 thousand (vaccinations) per day. Today with Mr. Budi, we have talked about the possibilities of injection 750 thousand per day up to 1 million (per day) next month", he said in a Webinar "Optimizing the Implementation of Public Service Obligations for Sea Freight Transport (Sea Highway)" in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, June 10.

He asked the public and government officials to work together to deal with COVID-19. As of Wednesday, June 9 yesterday, there were 7,725 additional new cases in 34 provinces.

Luhut, who just returned from his working visit to Guiyang, China, also asked that Indonesia could follow China's example in terms of discipline in handling COVID-19.

"China with a population of 1.4 billion, they are super disciplined so they can contain the COVID-19, we have to imitate them. Now that we see cases of COVID-19 rising upwards, let's all remind each other. Those who feel like leaders, let's work with our hearts and also convey this message because it concerns humanity", he said.

Luhut told the story during his 4-day working visit in China. He saw how disciplined government officials were with the health protocols applied.

"During the 4 days we met, we were never able to get out of the hotel, from the meeting place, and everything was checked properly. All the officials obeyed and the officials who violated the provisions were immediately replaced without any further warning", he said.

According to Luhut, all of this was done in the national interest. Therefore, he hopes, if Indonesia can apply its national interest above all else, of course, the results will also be very good.

"So if we dare to do that, the national interest will be the reference, I think it will be very good", he said.