JAKARTA, July 17 (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo urged for a "sense of crisis” among his ministers as the country becomes one of the worst hotspots in the world.
Jokowi, as the president is known, called off a paid vaccination plan and told state officials not to travel overseas after wide public backlash, urging them to exercise "social sensitivity,” Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said in a statement. Only the foreign minister and those given special permission by the president can travel internationally, he added.