Anies Policy To Loosen PSBB Is Considered By Observers To Ignore Public Health Factors

JAKARTA - Public policy observer Trubus Rahardiansyah said that the decision of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to open Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) to become Transitional PSBB was not right. Moreover, the opening of the PSBB was carried out when daily positive cases in DKI Jakarta were increasing. "(Opening of the PSBB, red) is actually an inappropriate policy step, right, wrong because in the middle (implementation, red) many new clusters emerged from the COVID transmission. "said Trubus when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, July 29. The opening of the PSBB, he continued, also indicates that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has neglected public health issues." Indirectly (the government, ed) has ignored public health issues and it is more "He stressed. Regarding the end of the transitional PSBB period on Thursday, July 30, Trubus assessed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government should extend it, not make concessions or even revoke the status. Moreover, the number of daily cases is still increasing and Jakarta is always in the top five of the largest case contributors every day. "Like it or not, this PSBB will expire tomorrow. Like it or not, this transitional PSBB must be carried out again," he said. Previously, DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria said that his party opened the opportunity to tighten transitional large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). This is because the development of the COVID-19 case in DKI Jakarta in the last few days has continued to increase. Riza said that currently the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is studying the situation of the development of COVID-19 during the transitional PSBB period which will end on July 30. The indicators are the case reproduction rate, positivity rate, and the capacity of special beds for COVID-19 treatment. In addition, towards the end of the PSBB transition period, the addition of COVID-19 cases from the office cluster in Jakarta is increasing. 19 Dewi Nur Aisyah said that the COVID-19 cluster in the office space in DKI Jakarta has increased to 90 clusters. From this cluster, there are 459 employees who have confirmed cases of COVID-19. "If we see, the number has increased by 10 times. During the early PSBB period, where almost all employees worked at home, there were only 43. However, it turned out that during this transition PSBB increased by 416 to 459, "said Dewi in a discussion at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Wednesday, July 29. In detail, there are 20 clusters that have 139 cases in a number of ministries, 10 clusters that have 25 cases in agencies or institutions, 34 clusters that have 141 cases in offices within the DKI Regional Government. Furthermore, there was 1 cluster that had 4 cases in the police office, 8 clusters that had 35 cases in BUMN, and 14 clusters that had 92 cases in private offices. Even so, Dewi did not mention which offices were the cluster for the spread of COVID-19. "This is not a story about who the office is, has the government or not, that's not the truth. Anywhere it can happen. Because, when you start doing your activities, the risk is definitely higher," he said.