By: Prabowo Subianto [excerpted from “Strategic Transformation of the Nation: Towards Golden Indonesia 2045”, page 48, 4th softcover edition]

In addition to causing droughts and extreme rainfall, climate change is also melting the Earth’s ice layers that have been frozen for thousands, even tens of thousands of years.

As a result, many experts suggest that the rising global temperatures could also reactivate ancient viruses, potentially unleashing new pandemics affecting humans, animals, or plants.

As a nation that has just recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the difficulties of those times are still fresh in our minds. Indonesia must invest heavily in healthcare infrastructure to be prepared for the next pandemic.