DKI, West Java, Banten, East Java And South Kalimantan Provincial Governments Please Improve Citizens' Compliance With Prokes

Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito/ISTIMEWA

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force encourages local governments in the five provinces that contribute the most national COVID-19 confirmed cases to rebuild an atmosphere of public compliance with health protocols.

"Based on a field survey, people's compliance with masks tends to be lower than social distancing," said Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Prof. Wiku Adisasmito when delivering the COVID-19 Handling Development which was followed from the BNPB YouTube in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, August 4.

In addition, said Wiku, the performance of monitoring and reporting on compliance with health protocols in the regions has also decreased. "Only 17 of the 34 provinces reported in the last week, between July 25-31, 2022," he said.

Wiku said that currently more than 40 sub-districts/villages do not comply with wearing masks, while more than 20 percent of villages do not comply with social distancing.

This week, the five highest provinces contributing to national cases, namely DKI Jakarta with 19,000 cases, West Java with 7,000 cases, Banten with 4,000 cases, East Java with 2,000 cases, and South Kalimantan with 610 cases.

"The five provinces that have the highest cases have a level of compliance with health protocols that need to be re-evaluated," he said.

For example, said Wiku, West Java Province which has a compliance rate of wearing masks and keeping a distance of below 20 percent.

"I hope that the community and local officials who are supervising the process together will rebuild and maintain an atmosphere of obedience and obedience and not underestimate the pandemic," he said.

According to Wiku, several studies have reported that if COVID-19 cases are not continuously suppressed, the public health burden in the future will be even heavier.

"Studies show that there is an increasing need for further medical control to the hospital due to health problems after recovering from COVID-19. The potential will be greater if the patient previously had a history of mental disorders," he said.