Governor Anies' Signature Ensures That Jakarta Officially Applies Level 3 PPKM During Christmas And New Year

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta government has confirmed that it will implement Level 3 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) for 10 days towards the end of the year, from December 24, 2021 to January 2, 2022.

The decision was contained in the Decree of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Number 1430 of 2021 concerning the Implementation of Level 3 COVID-19 Community Activity Restrictions which followed up on the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 62 of 2021 concerning Prevention and Control of COVID-19 at Christmas and the New Year of 2022.

"Stipulates the implementation of restrictions on community activities in Level 3 'Corona Virus Disease 2019' 2019 for 10 (ten) days starting from December 24, 2021, to January 2, 2022," reads Governor's Decree (Kepgub) 1430 in the first dictum quoted in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 7.

The Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan has signed the Decree since December 2, 2021, and will take effect on December 24, 2021.

Previously, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that increasing the level of PPKM must be faced and carried out to suppress the transmission of COVID-19 during Christmas and the 2022 New Year.

Usually, he continued, the holiday momentum was followed by an increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19, so preventive measures had to be taken, one of which was by restricting community activities more tightly.

With the increase in PPKM to level 3, a number of adjustments were made, including tightening the amount of capacity in certain sectors such as the non-essential business sector from the previous 50 percent to 25 percent from office work (WFO).

The essential sectors include finance and banking from the previous maximum of 75 percent later to a maximum of 50 percent.