Covid-19 Emergency Budget
There needs to be a balance between managing health quickly and saving people\'s livelihoods.
President Joko Widodo chaired a limited cabinet meeting related to the development of the handling of Covid-19 through a teleconference from the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday (4/13/2020).
“I assure you that we know what to do to bring our economy back to life. What we do not know is how to bring people back to life.” The statement from Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo went viral and has garnered much praise from netizens.
The statement is deemed as representing the aspirations of world citizens with regard to how policymakers should act in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic. There needs to be a balance between managing health quickly and saving people\'s livelihoods. This was also emphasized in a joint statement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 3 April. "