COVID-19 Cases Drop, Vice President: We Should Be Grateful With The Current COVID-19 Pandemic Situation

Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the development of the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with the number of daily transmission cases decreasing should be grateful. "We should be grateful but we must also maintain vigilance," said the Vice President in a speech via video recording at the Islamic Finance Summit. 2021, reported by Antara, Thursday, September 30.

Globally, the Vice President said, cases of COVID-19 transmission have decreased and Indonesia has also passed the peak of the second wave with the current daily case number below 2,000 cases. apart from the support of the community and the acceleration of simultaneous vaccination in all regions of Indonesia," he said.

Along with the downward trend in COVID-19 cases, the Vice President said that the indicators of economic growth in Indonesia showed a positive trend, one of which was an increase in the level of public consumption. Production performance remains resilient, driven by exports that rose significantly in August 2021," he said. Meanwhile, from the Islamic economy and finance sector, the Vice President appreciated all related parties because the halal product industry in Indonesia can provide added value to the national economy. the halal value chain in the agriculture and halal food sector is above the growth of gross domestic product (GDP), while the export value of halal foodstuffs increased from 30 billion US dollars in 2019 to 34 billion US dollars in 2020. the halal product industry also provides added value for the national economy during the COVID-19 pandemic," said the Vice President.