Economics
Indonesia’s Jokowi Calls for Balance Between Lockdown, Economy
- New policy should be targeted and specific, Jokowi says
- Covid is new -- we have to keep adjusting, president says
Motorcyclists drive past a poster of Indonesian President Joko Widodo urging people to wear masks in Bandung.
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President Joko Widodo has called for more focused lockdown measures to combat the pandemic without further endangering the economy of Indonesia.
The new policy should be more targeted and specific than current large-scale social restrictions, the president said in a statement streamed by his office on YouTube, without providing details of the plan.