“I’d like to once again ask the committee, the task force and the governors to balance everything related to COVID-19-handling and the economy,” Jokowi said in a Cabinet meeting on COVID-19 handling and economic recovery in Jakarta on Monday, as quoted by antaranews.com. 

The President went on to say that, in general, the country had started to apply a “throttle and brake control” strategy in curbing the virus spread while managing the economy.

Jokowi further said that, as per Sunday, Indonesia recorded 12.78 percent in active cases, which was lower than the global average that sat at 28.41 percent.

In the meantime, Indonesia had also seen a better average recovery rate, sitting at 84 percent, while the global average was at 69 percent.

Jokowi readdressed Indonesia's economy in the third quarter that contracted by around 3 percent. This figure marked an improvement from the second quarter, which saw a year-on-year contraction of 5.32 percent.

“We have to continue improving so we will have a better figure in the fourth quarter,” he added.

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