Post-Covid-19 Indonesia

The pandemic has caused deaths and affected the lives of billions of people throughout the world. Restricting international travel was a reliable first step in preventing the spread of the virus.

Kompas/Riza Fathoni

Traffic situation at Tomang Interchange, West Jakarta, Tuesday (7/4/2020). Jakarta is a city of the Covid-19 pandemic epicenter. As of April 7, 2020 large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) were applied to the DKI Jakarta area.

The whole world has been in limbo since it was suddenly struck by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emerging in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, Covid-19 spread very quickly to five continents to overtake the very intense international interactions in the present era of globalization and economic interdependence. When this article was written, the World Health Organization (WHO) had confirmed that Covid-19 had spread to 210 countries.