Indonesia: Minister confident economy will recover despite escalating Covid-19 - total now above 713,000; death toll above 21,000

Visitors are seen at the Senayan City Mall in Jakarta during Christmas Day on Friday. Shopping malls are among the most favorite places to spend the year-end holidays in Jakarta. - The jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, Dec 27 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia’s economic situation is expected to improve soon, as the government is preparing a number of recovery plans, Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartanto has said.

During a virtual discussion entitled “Outlook 2021: Wajah Indonesia Setelah Pandemi” (How Indonesia will look after the pandemic), Airlangga said he believed that the nation’s economy had started to pick up.