Answer The Lockdown Option, Minister Of Health: What Is Important Is To Reduce Mobility, Not Terms

JAKARTA - Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin, responded to the proposed regional locking option to suppress the drastic increase in COVID-19 cases.

According to the Minister of Health, the most important thing in handling COVID-19 is the limitation of mobility, not the term used. The terms lockdown, Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) and the Enforcement of Micro Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) are the same concept, namely restricting people's mobility.

"Actually, the name PPKM Mikro, the name PSBB, the name of the lockdown is not essentially the name of the restriction. The essence is how we can reduce mobility or movement. So some say lockdown, PSBB, Micro PPKM," said Minister of Health Budi Gunadi, Tuesday, June 22.

Previously, according to President Jokowi's direction, the government decided to extend the implementation of Micro PPKM from June 22 to July 5.

"Well, now what the President has ordered, we limit red areas like Jakarta, between 70-100 percent of the total we limit the name, do we use the name PPKM micro," he said.

"The point is that we significantly restrict the movement of residents so that we can control the rate of transmission," continued the Minister of Health.

Minister of Health Budi explained, in this Micro PPKM there are a number of restrictions in a number of districts / cities that are in the COVID-19 red zone. Such as the implementation of the work from home (WFH) policy of 75 percent and the remaining 25 percent working in offices for red zone areas.

Meanwhile, face-to-face lessons at schools were stopped, places of worship were closed, and community celebrations were only allowed at 25 percent of capacity.

"In this micro PPKM, restaurants, food stalls, cafes, street vendors, and hawker stalls, both stand-alone and in markets, shopping centers or malls are allowed to eat in places with a maximum capacity of 25 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, for take-away or take-away services via order, the operational hours will be limited to 20.00 WIB.