PPKM Is Ineffective, Jokowi Wants To Activate The COVID-19 Task Force To The RT Level

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo held a limited meeting with the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN) regarding the evaluation of the imposition of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) at the State Palace.

During the meeting, Jokowi ordered disciplinary enforcement of public health protocols on a micro scale, namely by activating the COVID-19 Task Force to the neighborhood level (RT).

"The President's direction for handling COVID-19 to be carried out more effectively is a micro-based approach or at the local level, starting from the village, village, RT and RW levels. Involving from the center to the smallest task force," said Airlangga in a YouTube broadcast of the Presidential Secretariat, Wednesday, February 3.

Airlangga said that the activities that would be carried out by the micro COVID-19 Task Force were in the form of improvements to community discipline and law enforcement. Therefore, various security officers will be involved in this discipline.

"The active involvement of Babinsa, Bhabinkamtibmas, Satpol PP, yustisi operations, TNI-Polri, is done not only for law enforcement, but also for tracing," said Airlangga.

Furthermore, Airlangga said that the government will pay attention to the needs of the community through micro operations. Then, this micro-based COVID-19 control will be evaluated dynamically.

"Of course the president also said that the handling of covud from one country to another is different. There is no the same formula so we do it according to the way that is deemed appropriate in Indonesia," said Airlangga.

Previously, President Jokowi said that the implementation of these restrictions was far from effective. He conveyed this during a limited meeting with a number of ministers and broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube on Saturday, January 30.

Not only was it ineffective, at that time, in front of his assistants he said that the imposition of these restrictions also tended to be inconsistent and consistent.

"I want to convey that regarding the PPKM on January 11 to 25, we have to say what it is. This is not effective. Mobility is still high. Because we have a mobility index, there is also a rise in some of the COVID-19 provinces," said Jokowi.