Indef Dradjad Wibowo: If It's Going to Save the Economy, Lockdown is the Best Way

News24xx.com - Corona virus outbreaks still spread in Indonesia. The number of positive cases of this virus has reached thousands of people. The option to isolate the alias lockdown region was even more vigorous voiced.

The Institute for Economic and Social Research and Education (LP3ES) also suggests this to save the Indonesian economy. Through his written statement, Chairperson of the LP3ES Management Board Didik J. Rachbini and LP3ES Researcher Fachru Nofrian said that until now the government is too proud to continue to declare that they do not want to lockdown.

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According to Didik and Fachru, the economic slowdown can no longer be prevented, but to save the economy the main task of the government is to ward off the widespread corona outbreak. One of them is by doing a lockdown. After that, just think about the right economic policy.

Senior economist Indef Dradjad Wibowo also said the lockdown must be done immediately. The government must be more assertive to prevent the spread of the virus than considering the economy.

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According to him, the economy is currently very depressed because of the corona virus. The best rescue is to prevent this outbreak from spreading, if necessary take extreme steps to make a lockdown alias isolation of the area.

"If you want to save the economy, you must prevent the plague. Precisely, the best and best economic rescue is to prevent the outbreak, one of which is lockdown," said Dradjad through Indef's teleconference discussion, Tuesday (3/24/2020).

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