Airlangga: Not Comprehensive PSBB Java-Bali Tightening

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hatarto (Photo: VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN) Airlangga Hartarto emphasized that the PSBB tightening plan in Java and Bali was not implemented in all regions.

"I want to emphasize that this is not all of Java and Bali. But the micro handling in regencies or cities," said Airlangga in BNPB Indonesia's Youtube broadcast, Thursday, December 7.

According to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, there are several criteria that determine which regions will be tightened with the PSBB in Java and Bali from 11 to 25 January 2021.

These criteria are the death rate above the national average mortality rate or 3 percent, then the cure rate is below the national average cure rate, which is below 82 percent.

Furthermore, the active case rate is below the average national active case rate, which is around 14 percent, and the hospital filling rate or BOR for ICU and isolation is above 70 percent.

"So the criteria are mortality, cure, active cases, and hospital occupancy rates," he said.

As for the tightening in DKI Jakarta Province, it applies to all administrative cities, namely North Jakarta, West Jakarta, Central Jakarta, East Jakarta, South Jakarta, and the Thousand Islands.

In West Java, the city of Bogor, Bogor Regency, Depok City, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, and Bandung Raya areas such as Bandung City, West Bandung Regency, Cimahi Regency are tightening.

Banten Province is located in the Tangerang Raya area, namely Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City.

In Central Java Province are Semarang Raya, Solo Raya, and Banyumas Raya. In DI Yogyakarta are Yogyakarta City, Bantul Regency, Gunung Kidul Regency, Sleman Regency, and Kulonprogo Regency.

In East Java are all areas of Malang Raya and Surabaya Raya. Meanwhile in Bali are Denpasar City and Badung Regency.

The eight forms of restriction restriction are as follows:

1. Limiting workplaces with WFH to 75 percent by strictly carrying out the prokes.

2. Online teaching and learning activities.

3. The essential sectors related to the basic needs of the community continue to operate 100 percent by regulating operational hours, capacities, and maintaining strict health protocols.

4. Limiting the opening hours of activities in shopping centers until 19.00 local time. Eating and drinking at a place to eat or a restaurant is a maximum of 25 percent. Ordering food via take away or delivery is still permitted.

5. Allow construction activities to operate 100 percent with the implementation of stricter health protocols.

6. Allow places of worship to impose a 50 percent capacity limit on the implementation of stricter health protocols.

7. Public facilities and socio-cultural activities are temporarily suspended.

8. Arrangement of capacity and operating hours of transportation modes.