The Mataram Sambut City Government Is Good For The Plan To Revocation Of PPKM Status

Illustration: medical personnel are filling the dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara Province. (Photo: ANTARA)

MATARAM - The Mataram City Government, West Nusa Tenggara Province, welcomed the plan to revoke the status of the implementation of the COVID-19 community activity restriction (PPKM) submitted by President Joko Widodo. "What President Joko Widodo said is good for giving us a sense of relief after so many years we have been faced with various restrictions," said Head of the Mataram City Communications and Information Office (Diskominfo) I Nyoman Swandiasa in Mataram, Antara, Friday, December 23. However, he continued, what the President said was still direct, while to follow up on the policy there had to be a decision or in official regulations. "Therefore, at this time we are still waiting for the government's policy formally," he said. The reason is, if the PPKM status is officially revoked, it will be a step forward towards people's social life returning to normal soon, and people are no longer required to wear masks and other regulations. "But if the revocation of the pandemic becomes endemic, it will fully become the domain of WHO as the authorized party," he said. Furthermore, Swandiasa, who also serves as a spokesman for the Mataram City COVID-19 Task Force, said that if the COVID-19 PPKM status was officially revoked, the process of the existence of the COVID-19 Task Force would be evaluated. "Whether the task force is disbanded or fixed, we will see after there is an official regulation from the center," he concluded. Head of the Mataram City Health Office (Dinkes), Dr. H Usman Hadi, previously said that Mataram City currently has the status of a green zone or zero positive cases of COVID-19. "Alhamdulillah, from the report from the NAR system (new all record) of the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes RI) which we received, in the last few days Mataram has zero cases," he said. Nevertheless, Usman still appealed to the public to be vigilant and obedient in implementing health protocols (prokes) at least using masks and washing hands after activities, and to carry out vaccinations including "boosters". "The reason is, the two-vaccine efficacy rate for COVID-19 transmission is around 63 percent, but if it is added, the booster can reach above 90 percent," he said.