PPKM-Mikro Of Java-Bali Is Extended Until March 8

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

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Chair of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN) Airlangga Hartato announced that the micro-scale of community mobility restriction (PPKM Mikro) will be extended from February 22 to March 8, 2021.

"The extension of the PPKM Mikro period has been decided for the next 2 weeks, which is February 23 to March 8, 2021," Airlangga said in a virtual press conference, Saturday, February 20.

In this case, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian issued Minister of Home Affairs Instruction Number 4 of 2020 to governors in Java and Bali. In the extension of PPKM Mikro, the governor needs to strengthen operations.

"It contains preparations for the implementation of 3T, then the government also prepares rice aid and masks and integration in the zone both at the Neighborhood Association (RT) level with 3T data collection," said Airlangga.

Airlangga said, 7 provinces in Java and Bali are currently preparing COVID-19 handling posts to support PPKM Mikro. The Village Guidance Officer (Babinsa) and Community Police Officer (Bhabinkamtibmas) were also deployed to provide guidance and support, both logistics, administration, and COVID-19 tracing for residents.

As for assistance to the involvement of the post at the micro-level, it uses various sources of financing, including Local Government Budget (APBDes), District/City Government Budget, National Army-National Police budget, Ministry of Health budget, Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), Provincial Government Budget, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Industry, and so on.

"Of course we hope that this implementation will continue to suppress the pandemic and this is of course accompanied by activities carried out by the Ministry of Health related to vaccines," he explained.

PPKM Mikro refers to regional zoning. This zoning determination is determined by the local government which is then mapped by each governor. The determination takes into account a number of criteria as follows:

1. Green zone

Criteria: No house in one RT has a positive case of COVID-19 in the last 7 days.

Scenario: active surveillance, all suspects tested, and monitoring of the case is carried out regularly.

2. Yellow zone

Criteria: there are 1 to 5 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenario: find a suspected case and close contact tracing and then ask for self-isolation with close supervision.

3. Orange zone

Criteria: there are 6 to 10 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenarios: finding suspected cases and tracing close contacts and then being asked to self-isolate under strict supervision, closing houses of worship, children's play areas, and other public places except for the essential sector.

4. Red zone

Criteria: there are more than 10 houses with positive cases during the last 7 days.

Scenarios: finding suspect cases and close contact tracing; perform self-isolation; closing houses of worship, children's play areas, and other public places except for the essential sector; prohibits crowds of more than 3 people; limit entry and exit of RT to a maximum of 20.00 Western Indonesia Time; and eliminate crowd-generating social activities.