Luhut Said The Community Is Getting More Disciplined In Health Protocols: The PeduliLindungi App Has Been Used More Than 170 Million Times

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. (Photo: Doc. Kemenko Marves)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan claims PeduliLindungi has grown very rapidly, and has even been used up to 170 million times.

"In just three and a half months PeduliLindung has been used more than 170 million times with daily usage reaching more than 3 million times," he said during the webinar on the Consistency of Using PeduliLindungi QR Code for the Protection of Indonesian People online in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, November 18.

Luhut admitted that at the beginning of its implementation, PeduliLindungi was still experiencing problems. However, now its development has accelerated.

The PeduliLindungi application has even been integrated with other applications, from online taxis to e-commerce platforms. Not only that, but the Ministry of Health has also integrated PeduliLindung with various similar applications in other countries.

Luhut emphasized that the proudest thing about the PeduliLindungi application is that the application is fully developed by young Indonesians.

"With PeduliLindungi as an integral part of the strategy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been able to keep cases at a low level, even though the mobility of community activities has greatly increased," he explained.

Furthermore, Luhut explained that in the last 10 days the number of national daily cases was able to be kept below the range of 500 cases per day and the death rate had also decreased drastically.

"But once again we must not be careless, we must remain careful because currently, the world's cases are increasing again," he said.

Luhut reminded the public to continue to be careful so that the potential for increased mobility during the Christmas and New Year periods does not occur.

"If the government takes steps to prepare for Christmas and New Year celebrations to limit our activities, I ask the public to understand so that the first quarter of next year's conditions can be better," he asked.

In addition, Luhut also greatly appreciates the consistency of using the QR Code PeduliLindungi for the protection of the Indonesian people.

"If I compare it to the conditions of war with PeduliLindungi, we already have sophisticated weapons to prevent cases from increasing again," he said.

However, Luhut said that even the most sophisticated weapons will not be effective if they are not used properly. The reason is that Luhut sees the discipline in using the PeduliLindung application starting to decline along with the decline in the number of positive cases.