Vice President Ma'ruf Amin: Government Takes Extraordinary Steps To Overcome COVID-19

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (PHOTO VIA BETWEEN)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government had taken extraordinary steps in handling problems in the health and social sectors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

This was conveyed by Vice President Ma'ruf when giving a public lecture on the LXII Regular Education Program (PPRA) and the XXIII Forces Short Education Program (PPSA) of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) in 2021 online from the vice president's official residence in Jakarta, Tuesday, July 6. .

"The government since 2020 has taken various extraordinary policies to address health problems and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic," said the Vice President, quoted by Antara.

The COVID-19 pandemic, said the Vice President, is still a global problem that has an impact on various aspects of people's lives in the fields of politics, economy, social, culture, education, health, defense and security.

All countries affected by COVID-19, including Indonesia, are working hard to find prevention and healing solutions so that the impact of the pandemic can be well controlled by the government.

"Every country is racing against time to vaccinate and find the right drugs to control the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.

Referring to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Vice President said more than 182 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide with the death toll reaching 3.9 million people.

Meanwhile, nearly three billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to some of the world's population.

"The data shows that the COVID-19 pandemic around the world is still happening and is still a global threat," said the Vice President.

Participants of PPRA LXII Lemhanas 2021 are 80 people from the TNI, Polri, Supreme Court, Attorney General's Office, ministries and non-ministerial government institutions (K/L), provincial governments, district governments, political parties, and community organizations.

The Governor of Lemhanas Lt. Gen. TNI Ret. Agus Widjojo said that PPRA LXII in 2021 was not attended by participants from a number of foreign countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This year there are no participants from friendly countries," said Agus.

Meanwhile, PPSA XXIII Lemhanas 2021 was attended by 60 people from the TNI, Polri, People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), provincial government, Coordination of Private Universities (Kopertis), political parties, and mass organizations.