State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir (right) and Deputy Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin walk out of the Corruption Eradication Commission building in Jakarta on July 7. (Antara/Adam Bariq)
JAKARTA, July 24 (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - The government’s move to establish a new COVID-19 response team to handle the impact the pandemic has had on health and the economy has come too late, as the coronavirus has spread rapidly and paralyzed economic activity, experts have said.
Airlangga University (Unair) public policy expert Agie Nugroho Soegiono said the government’s decision to only now establish an integrated team was a consequence of its previous lack of urgency in dealing with the virus when it first spread across the country earlier this year.
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