(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Indonesia’s single-day number of new crown deaths hits a new high, government extends emergency action restrictions
China News Agency, Jakarta, July 21 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian officials announced on the afternoon of the 21st that there were 33,772 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in the past 24 hours, with a total of 2983830 confirmed cases; 1383 new deaths and a total of 77583 deaths .
This is the highest number of new deaths in a single day in Indonesia since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in early March last year. It is also the sixth consecutive day that the country has more than 1,000 deaths in a single day.
Therefore, the rebound of the epidemic has not yet been alleviated, and the Indonesian government has decided to extend the implementation period of “emergency restrictions on social activities” by 5 days from that day to the 25th of this month.
Due to the sharp increase in the number of new cases and deaths since June, from the 3rd to the 20th of this month, the Indonesian government will be in the 15 counties of the most concentrated and most severely affected island of Java and the tourist destination Bali and other islands ( City) Implement “emergency restrictions on social activities” measures. Its contents include working from home for all employees in non-important industries; all teaching activities are conducted online; shopping centers, shopping malls and trade centers are closed; traditional markets, supermarkets, and grocery stores are open until 20 o’clock every day and can only accept 50% of the passenger capacity; Restaurants, cafes, etc. prohibit dine-in and take-out business until 20 o’clock every day; religious sites, parks, cultural, sports and entertainment venues, tourist attractions, etc. are closed.
On the evening of the 20th, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced the extension of the emergency restrictions for 5 days. Joko said this was a “very difficult decision.” In order to slow the epidemic, the government had to make such a decision.
Joko said that since the implementation of emergency restrictions on social activities, the number of new cases and the occupancy rate of hospital beds “have fallen.” He said that if the number of new cases per day continues to decline, emergency restrictions will be “opened in phases” starting on the 26th of this month.
Joko said that he has instructed relevant cabinet ministers to issue social assistance as soon as possible to individuals, families and businesses that are affected by the emergency restrictions and who are eligible to receive social assistance. The social assistance includes cash assistance, rice and other necessities assistance, network tariffs and electricity subsidies.
According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs, 18.9 million households and millions of small and micro enterprises in the country will receive social assistance. To this end, the country’s Ministry of Finance has substantially increased its social assistance funding budget. (Finish)
【Editor in charge: Liu Xihan】
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