The Mayor Of Bogor Welcomed The Transitional PSBB Policy

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto meets DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto welcomed the decision of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to re-implement Transitional Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in DKI Jakarta for two weeks, on 12-25 October.

"The city of Bogor welcomes the decision of the Governor of DKI Jakarta. The decision was taken, of course, based on data," said Bima Arya in Bogor City, as reported by Antara , Tuesday, October 13.

According to Bima Arya, the City of Bogor will adjust the Transitional PSBB scheme in DKI Jakarta, one of which is to adjust the operational hours limitation for the culinary sector and dine in services for restaurants, cafes, restaurants, and the like.

"If Jakarta has carried out relaxation, the City of Bogor will adjust," he said.

According to Bima, it is possible that the culinary sector's operating hours will be loosened again from the previous until 18.00 WIB to 21.00 WIB.

DKI Jakarta previously implemented the PSBB on September 14-28, then the PSBB policy was continued from September 29 to October 11.

"The DKI Provincial Government has decided to reduce the emergency brake policy gradually and enter the PSBB in a transitional period with new provisions for the next two weeks from 12-25 October," Anies said in his statement, Sunday, October 11.

Meanwhile, the status of the risk level for COVID-19 transmission in the City of Bogor, according to Bima, the status of the City of Bogor as of Monday has improved, which has decreased from high risk to moderate risk or from the red zone to the orange zone.

According to Bima Arya, even though Bogor City's status has dropped to an orange zone, prevention and handling of the spread of COVID-19 must not be loose. "The handling of COVID-19 must be continuously suppressed to reduce the transmission rate," he said.