Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi: Jakarta Still Congested Even Though PPKM Is Emergency

JAKARTA - The implementation of the Emergency Community Activity Restriction (PPKM) aims to limit the mobility of residents. This is so that the spread of COVID-19 cases can be suppressed.

However, despite the emergency PPKM situation, the mobility of residents is still quite high in the midst of the daily spike in cases. Especially in Jakarta, there are still traffic jams.

This has also been in the spotlight of the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin.

"I still see the streets in Jakarta, the emergency PPKM has been implemented, and there are still traffic jams," said Minister of Health Budi in a meeting with Commission IX of the DPR which was broadcast virtually, Monday, July 5.

Budi then reminded that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases was a result of uncontrolled mobility and people's behavior that was difficult to discipline.

"All of this happened because mobility was not controlled. So this increase occurred because people's movements were difficult to ask for discipline," he said.

Emergency PPKM, said Budi, is actually to reduce the mobility of residents. With reduced mobility of citizens, it is hoped that the rate of spike in COVID-19 cases will also decrease.

"With the emergency PPKM on July 3-20, our goal is indeed to hamper mobility. To make mobility difficult so that we can reduce the pace of this pandemic," said Budi.