Anies Pulls Emergency Brake For COVID-19, Jakarta Returns To The Initial PSBB

Anies Baswedan

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan decided to withdraw the emergency brake regarding the current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jakarta will re-implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) like the beginning of the pandemic.

"We agreed to pull the emergency brake," said Anies at a press conference, Wednesday, September 9.

This decision was taken at a Task Force meeting this afternoon. It is deemed necessary to tighten residents' activities given the increasing number of positive COVID-19 patients. Anies discussed the mortality rate as well as the level of use of space and mattresses for isolation handling COVID-19.

"So by looking at this emergency, there are not many options for Jakarta residents except pulling the emergency brake as soon as possible. It was decided that we would withdraw the emergency brake, which means that we are forced to re-apply the PSBB as it was at the beginning of the pandemic. It is no longer a transitional PSBB, but we are carrying out PSBB as it was in the early days, "said Anies.

With the return of the PSBB next week, all activities, such as school, work and worship from home. Anies will also regulate business activities as well as offices that previously had normal activities because they were in the transitional PSBB phase.

"There is a phase of the preparation process, tonight as a square off," he said.