Local Governments Must Not Determine The Risk Zoning For COVID-19

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito emphasized that local governments must not claim zoning for the spread of COVID-19. The zoning division, he said, was officially only carried out by the COVID-19 Task Force at the center.

"The official national zoning is only carried out by the COVID-19 Task Force and can be accessed at www.covid19.go.id. Here we can see that nationally all data from districts / cities are integrated into one," Wiku said in a press conference broadcast on the Secretariat YouTube account. President, Thursday, August 6.

He explained that the zoning distribution process in each region was not carried out arbitrarily. He said data collection to determine the risk zone for COVID-19 was carried out by the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

The data is then integrated on the official website of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

Furthermore, Wiku explained that there are a number of indicators that must be considered when determining the zone of the spread of COVID-19 which is divided based on epidemiological studies, community health surveillance, and health services. "So please access this data," he concluded.