Government Using PPKM Micro Style, Airlangga: Efforts To Reduce COVID-19 Cases And Slash Curves

JAKARTA - The government will implement a policy of imposing micro-limitation on community activities (PPKM) in Java and Bali starting Tuesday, February 9.

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said this policy was carried out to reduce the COVID-19 case and plague the transmission curve in the community.

"The aim of this micro PPKM is to suppress positive cases and bring down the curve," said Airlangga in a press conference broadcast on the YouTube account of BNPB Indonesia, Monday, February 8.

Sloping this curve, he continued, becomes important. This is because the success of handling a pandemic and national economic recovery can only be reflected if the pandemic can be controlled.

Unlike the previous PPKM, the implementation of this micro policy will be carried out to the smallest level, namely RT, RW or village or sub-district.

As for its implementation, later a post or guard post will be formed which will have functions ranging from prevention, handling, fostering and supporting functions of handling COVID-19 in the village or sub-district.

"Of course, those related to control are important with regard to testing, tracing, and treatment, related to patient isolation, then restrictions on mobility or forms of movement and of course there are community needs," explained the Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery. (KPCPEN).

For information, micro-scale PPKM is carried out by considering the criteria for the control zone area up to the RT and RW levels. Regions that will implement this micro PPKM are regions in 7 provinces that have implemented PPKM previously. The zoning criteria in question are divided into green zones, yellow zones, orange zones, and red zones.

1. Green zone

Criteria: No house in one RT has a positive case of COVID-19 in the last 7 days.

Scenarios: active surveillance, all suspects tested, and case monitoring is carried out regularly.

2. Yellow zone

Criteria: there are 1 to 5 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenario: find suspected cases and close contact tracing and then requested self-isolation under close supervision.

3. Orange zone

Criteria: there are 6 to 10 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenarios: find suspected cases and tracing close contacts and then asked to self-isolate under strict supervision, closing houses of worship, children's play areas, and other public places except for the essential sector.

4. Red zone

Criteria: there are more than 10 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenarios: find suspected cases and close contact tracing; perform self-isolation; closing houses of worship, children's play areas and other public places except for the essential sector; prohibits crowds of more than 3 people; limit entry and exit of RT to a maximum of 20.00 WIB; and eliminate crowd-generating social activities.

Micro PPKM is carried out through the coordination of all elements, starting from the head of the RT / RW, village / lurag head, Satlinmas, Babinsa, Bhabinkamtibnas, Satpol PP, PKK, Posyandu, Dasawisma, community leaders, traditional leaders, religious leaders, youth leaders, extension agents, staff health, youth organizations, and other volunteers.

The coordination, monitoring, and evacuation mechanisms of the micro PPKM are carried out by establishing village and family level command posts (posko). For supervision and reporting of village and sub-district posts, sub-district posts were formed. In addition to implementing micro PPKM, PPKM at provincial and district / city scales are also still running as before.