Luhut: Total Communities Screened Through PeduliLindungi App Reaches 13.6 Million

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan (DOK VIA ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Coordinator for the Implementation of the Java-Bali Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that a total of 13.6 million people were screened using the PeduliLindungi application.

"As of August 29 yesterday, the total number of people who screened using PeduliLindung in several public sectors such as shopping centers, industry, sports, and others had reached 13.6 million people", he said in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 30.

Of the total 13.6 million people, said Luhut, 462,000 people are in the red category, not allowed to enter or carry out activities by the system.

Luhut said the system and mechanism for using the PeduliLindung application screening were very important to suppress the rate of addition of COVID-19 cases at a time when community mobility was high.

"The implementation of disciplined health protocols based on the PeduliLindung digital platform is key if we do not want to repeat the difficult times in early July when the increase in cases rose so high, the capacity of the health system was at a threshold, and we must implement an emergency PPKM policy that has It has a huge economic impact", he said.

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment also said that the government would make changes to the color category for Care for Protect this week. He said a black category would be added for people identified as positive for COVID-19 or in close contact.

"So that we can be faster in preventing the spread of cases. If these people are still forced to carry out activities in public spaces, then they will be immediately evacuated for isolation or quarantine", he said.

In addition, Luhut said that along with the improving conditions of the COVID-19 situation, as well as the ongoing implementation of Health protocols and the use of PeduliLindung, there are several adjustments to community activities that can be made.

"The dine-in capacity adjustment inside the mall is 50 percent and the mall's operating hours are extended to 21.00 hours", he said.

Then, a trial of 1000 restaurant outlets outside the mall and those in closed spaces to be able to operate with 25 percent capacity in Surabaya, Jakarta, Bandung and Semarang.

"All industries or factories, both domestic (non-essential) and export-oriented (essential), can operate 100 percent of staff in at least 2 shifts, as long as they have IOMKI, obtain a recommendation from the Ministry of Industry, and use the QR Code PeduliLindung. For critical sectors, they will be required to do so. using the QR Code PeduliLindiung starting September 7, 2021", he said.