The Case Of COVID-19 Rises, Jokowi: The Task Of The Regional Head Is To Protect Its Citizens

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded all regional heads to protect the safety of their citizens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Because, during a pandemic, health is the main thing.

"The duty of the regional head is to protect the safety of its citizens and I have also said that people's safety is the highest law," said Jokowi when opening a limited meeting with the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery which was broadcast online on YouTube, the Presidential Secretariat, Monday, November 30. .

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also asked the regional head to maintain the safety of his citizens, by continuing to pay attention to the number of COVID-19 cases in his area while still paying attention to economic indicators.

Furthermore, he also ordered the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian to remind regional heads to be able to take control in their respective territories. Primarily, control is to reduce the pace of COVID-19 and alleviate economic problems.

"I ask the Minister of Home Affairs to remind governors, regents and mayors once again to really take full control in their respective areas," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

Previously, at the same meeting, President Jokowi also expressed his anger because the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia had increased recently and said the situation for the spread of COVID-19 had worsened.

"It's all getting worse," said Jokowi.

From the data he received on Sunday, November 29, yesterday, he explained, there was an increase in active cases from 12.78 percent to 13.41 percent.

"Although this figure is better than the world figure, but be careful. It is higher than last week," he stressed.

As for the recovery rate, the data it received also decreased. "Last week it was 84.03 percent, now it's 83.44 percent," he said.

He suspects this is due to an increase in COVID-19 cases that have occurred during the past week.

"This is because of this, the cases that have increased more in the last week," he said.