Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
The last six months have been difficult because almost every day we hear of our neighbors, acquaintances or relatives contracting and dying from Covid-19.
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A medical worker takes a saliva sample for a swab test at the Duren Sawit puskesmas (community health center) in East Jakarta on Monday (31/8/2020), when the center tested about 90 local residents. The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) recorded that 100 doctors had died on the Covid-19 front lines as of Tuesday.
The last six months have been difficult because almost every day we hear of our neighbors, acquaintances or relatives contracting and dying from Covid-19. However, the worst might still be awaiting us because we are in the middle of a pandemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a multidimensional crisis. But don\'t forget: there is no economy without people, no economic recovery without mitigation of the outbreak.