No Longer Red Zone Status, Micro-Scale Quarantine In RW 02 Krukut Not Extended

JAKARTA - The micro-quarantine (micro lockdown) will no longer be enforced in the RW 02 area, Krukut Village, Taman Sari, West Jakarta starting today.

This is because the area is no longer a COVID-19 red zone status.

"The tactical post has also been opened and the community has resumed their activities as usual. The 'micro lockdown' is no longer in the Krukut area," said Krukut Lurah Ilham Nurkarim quoted by Antara, Wednesday, January 26.

Karim said, currently active cases of COVID-19 in the RW 02 area only reached 52 people. This figure has decreased drastically when compared to the number of cases a few days ago which reached 140 people.

The 52 residents who are still tested positive are currently self-isolating in their respective homes. The kelurahan continues to provide food assistance and health monitoring to them in order to speed up recovery.

Even though the micro-lockdown is no longer in effect in the area, his party is still tracking cases to monitor the spread of COVID-19.

"Our 'tracing' has also been optimal, maximum, reaching more than 1,000 residents who were carried out by PCR or antigen swab tests," he said.

Previously, the West Jakarta (Jakbar) City Government imposed a "micro lockdown" in four RTs in the RW 02 area, Krukut Village, Taman Sari, after a positive case of COVID-19 was found on January 5, 2022.

Since then, the kelurahan has carried out a "micro lockdown" and intensified tracking throughout the region. After several days of tracking, the number of cases continued to increase until it finally touched the figure of 67 people on Thursday, January 13.

Therefore, the Taman Sari Sub-district has imposed a micro-scale quarantine in 14 RTs in RW 02 area.