A street in Indonesia amid COVID-19 (Photo: https://wam.ae/)Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian citizens aged 45and under may be allowed to resume working because they are not prone to the COVID-19,according to head of the country's COVID-19 task force Doni Monardo.
Speaking at an online press conference on May 11, Doni stressed that this moveaims to minimise layoffs in the Southeast Asian country amid the effect of thepandemic.
People under 45 are physically healthy and have high mobility, he noted, addingthat the mortality rate in this group is only 15 percent, while that of thegroup of people over 60 is 45 percent.
According to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, the Indonesiangovernment planned to ease social restrictions from June.
The imposition of restrictions since late March has forced many businesses,especially those in non-essential sectors, to suspend operations and lay theiremployees off to cut costs.
According to statistics by the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower, as of May 1,more than 1.7 million local workers lost their jobs.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose to 14,265, after thecountry reported 233 new infections on May 11./.
VNA
