Jakarta: The campaign to practice physical distancing will be held from September 7-October 6, Chairperson of Covid-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee (PC-PEN) Airlangga Hartarto has said.
“We continue to promote campaigns to wear a face mask and to practice physical distancing as directed by the President, which starts from 7 September to 6 October with the slogan of ‘let us maintain safe distance and avoid public crowd’,” Airlangga said after the Plenary Cabinet Meeting on Health Management and Economic Recovery, at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday, as quoted by the Cabinet Secretariat's website.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), according to Airlangga, has ordered Minister of Home Affairs and other law enforcement officials to supervise that the 2020 Pilkada (simultaneous regional elections) will be carried out in accordance with General Election Commission (KPU) regulation.
President Jokowi, Airlangga continued, has also said the campaign to wash hands will be carried out in October 7 – November 6 with the slogan of ‘let us wash our hands with soap’ since the Global Handwashing Day will fall on October 15.
According to him, the country’s recovery rate is higher than that of global average rate, which is 69 percent to 70 percent.
Meanwhile, the country’s mortality rate has stood at 4.1 percent and it continues to decline compared to previous figures which stood at around 7.8 percent.
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