Pandemic Status in Indonesia Might End Next Year: Chief Minister　”There is a huge possibility [on the end of the pandemic status], but we also have no idea whether there would be new variants,” Luhut said.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan estimates that Indonesia’s Covid-19 pandemic status might end by 2023. “There is a huge possibility [on the end of the pandemic status], but we also have no idea whether there would be new (Covid-19) virus variants,” the coordinating minister said on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Luhut, who also serves as deputy head of the Covid-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committee (KPC-PEN), said that Indonesia would refer to the World Health Organization (WHO) regulations before declaring the end of…