Indonesia declares financial assistance amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Indonesian government on April 9 announced a plan to support locals affected by the disruption of operations in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Spraying disinfectant at a public place in Jakarta (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA)- The Indonesian government on April 9 announced a plan to support locals affectedby the disruption of operations in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Speaking at a videopress conference, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said the government willspend 3.2 trillion rupiah (210 million USD) on purchasing necessary goods toprovide for about 1.8 million households in Jakarta urban region (including Jakarta capital and its vicinity) for threemonths.
A total of 37.2trillion rupiah will be also distributed to 19 million households livingoutside Jakarta region, and 360 billion rupiah to about 197,000 drivers of the publictransport sector.
In the capital city, social distancingregulations officially took effect from April 9 midnight, and are expected tolast for two weeks or more.
Meanwhile, The Thai government on April 10 morning confirmed 50 new cases of COVID-19 and one death,bringing the total in the Southeast Asian nation to 2,473, including 33 deaths.
The day before, the governmentsaid 15,000 Thai nationals abroad had registered with the Ministry of ForeignAffairs, and were waiting to return home after the country closed its border tocontain the spread of pandemic.
According to the spokespersonof the Thai government Thaweesin Visanuyothin, more than 10,000 other Thaicitizens are stuck in the Thailand-Malaysia border.
𒅌 Meanwhile, the country’s Ministryof Interior announced that threemore provinces namely Chiang Rai, Trang and Krabi have placed travel restrictions fromApril 9-30./.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will allocate 100 billion Rp (some 6.1 million USD) from its 2020 budget for the protection of Indonesian citizens living abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Indonesia will receive loans worth about 7 billion USD from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to finance its fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
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Spraying disinfectant at a public place in Jakarta (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) 
