Covid-19: Cash aid for 4 million in Greater Jakarta

A student distributes food to a seller at Gamping Market in Yogyakarta on March 28. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post): The government is preparing cash aid for 4.1 million people in Greater Jakarta whose livelihoods have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.

"[The aid is to be given to] 3.7 million people in Jakarta. [Cash aid for] the other 1.1 million people is to be provided by the Jakarta administration," Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday (April 7).