Handling of the Pandemic Continues

The COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet. Therefore, the handling of COVID-19 transmissions continues. The government will strengthen health services through the transformation of the national health system.

KOMPAS/RIZA FATHONI

Some students wore masks while participating in class activities on the first day of school after the end of semester holidays and Christmas and New Year's Day at SDN 07 Pondok Kelapa, Jakarta, Monday (2/1/2023). Even though the Government has revoked PPKM status, some students are still disciplined in wearing masks as part of the health protocol.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The pandemic in Indonesia, which is now under control, is seen as a success in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Integration and cooperation of all parties play a very important role. The efforts to deal with COVID-19 will continue and will be strengthened by the national health transformation.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated this when talking about the performance of the Health Ministry in 2022, in Jakarta on Thursday (5/1/2023). The three focuses of the Health Ministry’s 2023 program are vaccination, the handling of the pandemic and transforming the national health system. "This [2023] is the year in which, as stated by the President, we will begin to gradually reduce government intervention and increase public participation [in handling COVID-19] as the transition to a healthy and normal life during the endemic phase," he said.