Jakarta The federal government will restrict dining establishments’, movie theaters,’ and going shopping malls’ operation hours and ban crowds and Brand-new Year celebrations in public locations as the number of Covid-19 brand-new cases and everyday deaths skyrocket in the country, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated on Monday.
Luhut stated Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, and Bali needs to impose the curfew starting Dec 18 to Jan 8 and ban the Christmas and New Year celebrations as the government determined not to duplicate its mistake letting individuals gather during the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday vacations at the end of October.
” The number of favorable numbers and death rates has actually continued to increase after the holidays. Previously, it was trending down,” Luhut stated in a statement.
Luhut highlighted the numbers in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Bali, and South Kalimantan as especially stressing.
The minister asked the Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to tighten up the so-called large scale social constraints (PSBB) in the capital. Jakarta needs to require 75 percent of workplace workers to work from home, after loosening it to 50 percent last month.
” I also asked the governor to continue the policy of limiting shopping centers operating hours to 07: 00 p.m. and limiting the number of people collecting at dining locations, shopping malls, and home entertainment places,” said Luhut.
The minister stated shopping center owners must offer rent or service charge relief to their renters, to ease their burden under the renewed lockdowns.
” Rental and service fee relief schemes ought to be mutually agreed in between shopping centers and renters,” he said.
Activities that could possibly collect large numbers of people, such as events and religious events, be limited, prohibited, or carried out online rather, Luhut stated.
The National Authorities and Indonesian Military to heighten enforcement of the health procedure rules. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo would rally the troops to show the federal government’s “strong commitment” in the enforcement effort, Luhut said.
The minister likewise asked West Java, Central Java, and East Java governors to optimize the provinces’ usage of seclusion centers to curb the Covid-19 spread.
” I ask local governments likewise to tighten up social limitations based on city and rural contexts,” Luhut stated.
In the city area, local governments should tighten up the Work From House (WFH) guidelines and restrict the operating hours of restaurants, entertainment, shopping malls to 08: 00 p.m. For rural areas, city governments need to enhance social constraints at micro and community scale, Luhut stated.
