Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government is making every effort to handle household clusters that contributed to the greatest number of new COVID-19 cases in the capital city throughout the three-week-long enforcement of public activity constraints (PPKM).
” Thus, what President Joko Widodo has just recently conveyed is right. The PPKM that has actually been put in place is not yet efficient considering that the year-end holiday has recently gone by,” Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria mentioned here on Tuesday.
Patria kept in mind that the Jakarta provincial administration had actually constantly collaborated with the central government to formulate a relevant formula in imposing the 3rd phase of PPKM in Java and Bali after the 2nd stage ends on February 8.
In responding to the ineffective enforcement of PPKM, at first began by the government on January 11, 2021, and its period extended from January 26 to February 8, Patria prompted the general public, at big, to continue to practice health procedures.
The people’s participation in preventing prospective infections of COVID-19 among neighborhood members was important by regularly practicing procedures, such as mask using, hand washing, house cleansing, and disinfecting, he highlighted.
Regardless of the reality that the PPKM had yet to successfully lower the COVID-19 infection rate, its enforcement has actually resulted in similar policies on COVID-19 mitigation efforts in all provinces throughout Java and Bali, he specified.
As compared to the large-scale social limitations (PSBB), the PPKM was substantially much better since it could not simply be imposed in Jakarta and its urbane areas of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi however also throughout Java and Bali.
To guarantee optimum enforcement of the federal government’s PPKM policy, Patria has actually suggested to enhance health centers around Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi along with outdoors Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi.
By doing so, the government’s undertakings to deal with coronavirus cases and halt the new infection rate might promptly be made, he mentioned.
President Joko Widodo had earlier mentioned that the imposition of PPKM in the islands of Java and Bali had yet to successfully minimize COVID-19 infections.
The government has actually been having a hard time to win the fight versus the worldwide pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease by not just imposing the PPKM but likewise by conducting its nationwide vaccination program that began on January 13, 2021.
As of January 26, 2021, Indonesia’s COVID-19 infection rate had gone beyond one million cases given that President Widodo formally announced the country’s very first COVID-19 cases on March 2, 2020.
Related news: Minister issues PPKM extension instruction to avoid COVID-19 spread
Related news: Central Java assigns Rp1 trillion to attend to impact of PPKM
MODIFIED BY INE
