COVID-19 Cases Found In 10 Schools, Deputy Governor Of DKI: There Is No Urgency To Close PTM Schools

Jakarta Deputy Governor Riza Patria/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that until now the local government has chosen to still monitor the implementation of face-to-face learning (PTM) with 100 percent capacity even though COVID-19 cases were found in 10 schools.

"So to this day there is no urgency to close PTM schools. We are still monitoring to make sure everything goes better. We ask for prayers and support from all, especially parents, to make sure our children go to school by continuing to carry out health procedures. Don't play Play or stop by and go straight home," said Riza at the Jakarta City Hall, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 13.

Riza said the 10 schools where COVID-19 cases were found were spread across various areas of Jakarta and PTM activities were temporarily suspended for five days and if more than five percent of the cases were found, they would be closed for 15 days.

However, the Gerindra politician explained that not all cases in the 10 schools were the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

"So so far what we have received regarding COVID-19 is still general, we have not received reports from this school (how many) have been affected by Omicron," he said.

With the discovery of the cases in the 10 schools, Riza guarantees that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will pay attention to it and the recommendations from many parties such as the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) and members of the DKI DPRD who ask for schools to be closed will still be listened to.

However, Riza said that his party must obey and obey the existing rules and regulations, namely the Joint Decree (SKB) of the four ministers which mandates PTM 100 percent can be implemented with PPKM level 2 like Jakarta.

"And DKI meets the requirements for that. If we close, people will protest. The period for fulfilling the requirements for PTM is 100 percent but it is closed," he said.

The use of the initiative to stop PTM 100 percent from DKI Jakarta is also one of the coordinated options, said Riza.

"But I'm sorry, I don't mean to reduce these 10 COVID-19 schools from more than 10 thousand schools, that's how many percent, it's only 0.1 percent. So until now PTM is still 100 percent," he said.

The 10 schools consist of:

1. SDN Ceger 02 Morning (3 students)

2. Susukan Elementary School 08 Morning (1 student)

3. SDN Jati 01 Pagi (1 student)

4. Andalus Islamic Middle School (1 student)

5. SMP Labschool Jakarta (1 educator)

6. SMPN 252 Jakarta (1 student)

7. SMAN 71 Jakarta (1 student)

8. SMA Labschool Jakarta (2 students, 1 educator)

9. SMAN 20 Jakarta (1 student)

10. SMKS Malacca Jakarta (1 participant)