Depok City Prepares Scenario Towards Endemic

Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris/Photo: Antara

DEPOK - The Depok City Government, West Java, has prepared three scenarios that will be implemented in order to transition the city's status from a pandemic to a COVID-19 endemic. Idris in his statement in Depok, Sunday, March 13. The second scenario, in the form of basic steps, namely managing COVID-19 into a seasonal disease. According to him, this, as stated by the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) of the Republic of Indonesia, COVID-19 makes COVID-19 like the common cold. Even so, the public is asked to remain disciplined in implementing health protocols related to preventing the transmission of the new type of corona virus. According to Idris, the Depok City Government (Pemkot) is preparing regional regulations (perda) regarding health protocols. Currently, the regional regulation has been ratified by the Depok City DPRD and is currently being evaluated by the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil.

"With the regional regulation, later in terms of actions, including sanctions to the community, it can be applied, we are preparing it," he said. Even so, he hopes that this will not happen. In general, he said, there is currently a decline in COVID-19 cases in Depok City, which is currently around 300 cases per day, from the previous 2,000 cases. The key to a successful transition from pandemic to endemic is community discipline.