Economic Impacts of Covid-19 Outbreak must be Mitigated

The most important thing is to handle the Covid-19 seriously and mitigate risks to the Indonesian economy.

KOMPAS/TOTOK WIJAYANTO

Enny Sri Hartati

The Covid-19 outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, has now spread throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on March 8 that Covid-19 had spread to 93 countries outside China and is estimated to have infected 101,197 people. China has the largest number of infected people, with 80,813 people, while outside China, 21,110 people have been infected. The three countries outside China with the highest number of cases are South Korea with 6,767, Italy with 4,636, and Iran with 4,747.

Of the total number of infected people, more than 54,000 have recovered. The percentage of recovery is more than 50 percent. In Indonesia, as of Monday, 19 people had tested positive for Covid-19. Meanwhile, according to the monitoring of the Foreign Ministry, 12 Indonesian citizens abroad had also tested positive for Covid-19. As many as seven people or 58.3 percent of them have recovered.