The COVID-19 Task Force Explains Reasons For Not Implementing Micro-Restrictions Since The Beginning Of The Pandemic

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force (Task Force) Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito explained the new reasons for the imposition of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) on a micro level.

Wiku said that this policy had only been implemented because previously the government did not yet have comprehensive data regarding this disease.

"Why (the application, red) are we macro? Because we previously did not have micro data because this disease is new and Indonesia is so extensive," Wiku said in an online press conference broadcast on YouTube, Wednesday, February 10.

For this reason, the policies taken by the government at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic were more macro or comprehensive. Moreover, learning from many incidents, when local governments set red zones in districts or cities, it turns out that not all areas have experienced the massive spread of COVID-19 cases.

"But as time goes by, the data becomes clearer, so our handling will get smaller, more and more lost," he said.

So, now the government has decided to limit the mobility of the people in a more micro way. Wiku also assessed that by conducting micro-PPKM, data collection on the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, especially in seven provinces, namely DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, and Bali will be better.

The better data collection, he continued, is expected to lead to more optimal handling. So, he asked the public to no longer question the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) and PPKM policies because they both regulate community mobility.

"So back again, the goal is to be more specific and quickly solve the problem pockets," he said.

Since Tuesday, February 9 yesterday, the government has implemented Micro PPKM in seven provinces which previously had implemented the policy for four weeks.

This policy is based on the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2021 concerning the Enforcement of Restrictions on Micro-Based Community Activities and the Establishment of a Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Management Post at the Village and Sub-District Levels to Control COVID-19.

This zoning determination is determined by the local government which is then mapped by each governor. The determination takes into account a number of criteria as follows:

1. Green zone

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

Scenario: active surveillance, all suspects tested and monitoring of the case is carried out regularly.

2. Yellow zone

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

Scenario: find a suspected case and close contact tracing and then ask for self-isolation with close supervision.

3. Orange zone

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

Scenarios: finding suspected cases and tracing close contacts and then being 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: finding suspect 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.

Furthermore, monitoring will be carried out by village guard posts in coordination with the COVID-19 Handling Task Force at the sub-district, regency, city level and coordinating with the TNI / Polri.