National COVID-19 Cases Drop To 90.4 Percent, Luhut: Care To Protect Is A Requirement For Activities

DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Java-Bali PPKM Coordinator Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country continues to show an improvement trend. In fact, national COVID-19 cases have decreased by 90.4 percent per day.

"The trend of confirmed cases nationally, which fell to 90.4 percent and specifically in Java-Bali, fell to 94 percent from its peak on July 15," he said in a virtual press conference, Monday, August 30.

Luhut said the various good developments that have been achieved must be shared with gratitude. Even so, Luhut stressed that the public must remain vigilant. Because, many other countries in the world are still facing a high increase in cases.

"If we are not careful, we could also face another increase in cases," he said.

Coordinating Minister Luhut said to maintain this good achievement, the government will issue a policy requiring all public access to use the PeduliLindung application. Because, this application is considered to have an important role in fighting COVID-19 in the country.

"In the future, the use of the Peduli Protect platform will continue to be used, expanded until it is required in almost all public access, where adjustments are made without exception. Without realizing it, the COVID-19 pandemic will change our lifestyle based on digital platforms," he said.

He called this pandemic unavoidable, not only the people of Indonesia, but also the entire world community. Therefore, one thing that can be done now is to face it with the right preparations.

Such as the discipline of implementing 3M, and massively implementing 3T, so as not to miss the acceleration of vaccination.

"The application 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 is at a threshold, and we must implement an emergency PPKM policy that has big economic impact," said Luhut.