G20 finance ministers, central bank governors to meet in Jakarta despite Omicron wave - 36,501 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Feb 14)

Workers are seen near ornamental signage promoting the upcoming 2022 G20 Summit, scheduled to be held October 30-31 on Bali island, at the landmark Bundaran HI roundabout in Jakarta on February 13, 2022. - AFP

JAKARTA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua): Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 members will gather from Feb. 17 to 18 for their first meeting this year under the Indonesian presidency in Jakarta, despite a steady increase in daily Covid-19 cases.

Perry Warjiyo, governor of Bank Indonesia, said on Monday that high-profile topics to be discussed in the first Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting would be about inflation, policy normalization and digitalization to help G20 members recover their economy from the pandemic situation.