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Highlights
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Indonesia’s COVID-19 daily case numbers continued to increase throughout 2020 and into early 2021 and was accompanied by the implementation of a social restriction policy.
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The economy has not completely recovered to prepandemic levels.
The SMERU Research Institute held a policy dialogue on the resilience of vulnerable communities and the readiness of MCH services in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The SMERU Research Institute aims to hold a policy dialogue on the absorption of the new labor force and vocational high school graduates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 remained the largest challenge for the Indonesian economy in 2021. In particular, Covid-19 case numbers hit a new high of about 50,000 cases per day in mid-July. In response, the government increased the contact tracing and testing of suspected positive cases, expanded its Covid-19 vaccination drive and introduced stricter mobility and activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat/PPKM Levels 1–4).
While the recovery phase after the 2018 natural disasters is still underway, the COVID-19 pandemic is an additional burden on households in the provinces of Central Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara.
