Coordinating Minister Luhut: Indonesia's Economic Recovery Runs Very Fast

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan/DOCUMENTATION Setkab

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said Indonesia's economic recovery is progressing very quickly. This is driven by the decline in COVID-19 cases in the country.

As is known, to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the government has again extended the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) from August 31 to September 6.

"Along with the decline in cases and the number of districts/cities dropping levels, we see that the economic recovery is progressing rapidly", Luhut said in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 30.

The coordinator of the Java-Bali PPKM said the rapid economic recovery was reflected in the Mandiri Institute Survey which showed an increase in the shopping index and visits to shopping places in Java-Bali.

"In addition, the recovery can also be seen from the rapid increase in community mobility for retail and recreation", said Luhut.

In addition, Luhut reminded the public to remain vigilant even though COVID-19 cases in the country began to decline. Because many other countries in the world are still facing a high increase in cases.

"If we are not careful, we could also face another increase in cases", he said.

Luhut said that based on the mobility composite index that his party monitored, the increase in mobility was going very fast. The decline in the Java-Bali composite index is now less than 5 percent compared to the baseline.

Therefore, Luhut continued, various adjustments to the PPKM rules will still be carried out gradually based on the results of the evaluation of trials conducted in several sectors using the PeduliLindung platform.

"As of August 29 yesterday, the total number of people who screened using PeduliLindung in several public sectors such as shopping centers, industry, sports, and others had reached 13.6 million people. Of the total 13.6 million people, 462,000 people entered the red category, not allowed to enter or carry out activities by the system", he explained.