Anies's Moves Against The Spread Of Corona Virus In Jakarta

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The more the spread of the corona virus envelops itself, the more DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan takes anticipatory steps. Because, as of Sunday, March 15, there were 117 positive patients with the corona virus or COVID-19 and most patients were in Jakarta.

Based on data from the DKI Provincial Government on the corona.jakarta.go.id site, as of this morning there have been 39 positive corona patients who are citizens of Jakarta, spread across five administrative cities.

Due to this, it is only natural that Anies moves quickly to process his authority into policies and calls on the citizens of Jakarta to prevent the transmission of the virus originating from China.

"From the beginning we emphasized that we should not panic, but never take it lightly. Don't take the COVID-19 issue lightly. We must be vigilant and disciplined in managing interactions," said Anies, Sunday, March 15.

VOI collected all appeals from Anies. Anies asked his citizens to maintain distance between residents, reduce encounters, avoid physical contact, and stay away from places where people gather.

"In facing the days ahead, all Jakartans must do what is commonly known as a social distancing measure," he said.

- DKI COVID-19 Response Team

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan formed a Jakarta COVID-19 Response Team, as well as a complaint post for residents who are worried about their health conditions and experiencing symptoms such as being infected with the corona.

Anies instructed the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government who have symptoms of fever, flu, and cough leading to the corona virus to report their health condition to the DKI Health Office.

- Don't go out unless it's very important

Anies appealed to as much as possible work on meetings remotely, such as changing face-to-face meetings by using instant messaging applications on each cellphone. Take this seriously for the whole family.

"Save yourself, save your family, and that means saving people,"

Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan

- Avoid places that are potential vehicles for transmission.

Places that have the potential to harbor the corona virus are areas full of visitors, or activities where they stand and sit close to each other. For example, shopping centers, concert events, to public spaces.

- Postpone all crowd gathering activities

Anies understands that many Jakarta residents plan association activities with noble goals. For example, arisan performances, recitation, agency meetings, and majelis taklim.

"Even though the activity is noble and deemed necessary, if it is not urgent, then just postpone the current time until it is under control," he said.

- Do religious activities at home

Regarding religious activities such as worshiping at mosques, churches, temples and monasteries, Anies urged them to do this at home.

- Postpone the wedding reception

Anies urged citizens to postpone wedding receptions, if possible. However, if it can't be postponed, Anies requires the organizers to take firm and disciplined steps for the invited guests.

"There must be an officer to check the body temperature of guests entering the event room, there must be an isolation room for guests who if found to be unhealthy can be delivered to the room, there must be a hand sanitizer at the entrance and exit door, and no handshakes," he explained. Anies.

- Don't go home

Many students and employees in DKI are not required to carry out activities at schools, campuses and offices. However, Anies warned not to use this opportunity to return to his hometown.

Anies asked people who carry out activities at home to postpone their plans to go back outside the city until the DKI Provincial Government declared that the condition of corona transmission was under control.

"Do not let any of us return to our hometowns and unwittingly bring the virus to our hometowns or to other areas. Because Jakarta is currently one of the places where the virus has been transmitted from one person to another," he explained.

- No CFDs

Furthermore, Anies will suspend the activities of the Motor Vehicle Free Day (HBKB) or Car Free Day (CFD) along Jalan Sudirman-MH for two weeks, namely March 15 and 22.

After the next two weeks, Anies will decide to continue the CFD event after his party monitors the development of the deadly virus originating from the city of Wuhan, China.

- Close tourist attractions and Appeal Remote work

Anies tightened his policies from before. There were several additional appeals that he issued, but they did not lock down. Anies closed all tourist destinations and entertainment venues belonging to the DKI Provincial Government for two weeks.

"The goal is to minimize residents' activities in open spaces filled with residents," said Anies.

Furthermore, Anies also asked all companies to start preparing remote working protocols for their employees as much as possible.

"Today there is no directive for staff offices to work remotely. However, the business world must start preparing. I urge everyone to prepare from now on so that we should not face this situation (contagion). But, if that happens, then the business world will already be ready. ready, "explained Anies.

Screenshot of the map of the distribution of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta (https://corona.jakarta.go.id/)

- School holidays

Anies finally closed teaching and learning activities in schools, starting at the kindergarten, elementary, junior high and high school / WMK levels in all areas of DKI Jakarta for two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

"Closing all schools within the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and will carry out the teaching and learning process through the distance method," said Anies.

After the two-week closure, Anies said he would review learning activities at schools and the development of the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Jakarta.

Currently there are around 1.5 million students in Jakarta, 145,000 of whom are high school / vocational school students who will take the National Examination next Monday. The exam is also postponed until an undetermined time limit.

- Negates Odd-Even System

Anies felt he had to find alternatives to warnings of potential transmission of the corona virus in public transportation. So, for the time being, Anies temporarily eliminated the odd-even policy that is currently being implemented on 25 roads in the capital.

The elimination of this odd-even rule is to provide opportunities for the people of Jakarta to freely use private vehicles. Odd-even revocation does not yet have a set time limit.

"We will temporarily abolish or revoke the Odd-even policy in the entire Jakarta area so that people can choose a mode of transportation that has less risk of transmission," said Anies.

- Reduce Public Transportation Operating Hours

In addition, Anies reduced the operating time of public transportation such as the MRT, LRT and Transjakarta. Later, the transportation facility will only serve the community from 06.00 to 18.00 WIB. In fact, from the usual days, it operates from 05.00 to 24.00 WIB.

For MRT transportation, not only will the operating time be reduced. The number of series of trains will also decrease. Usually, in the previous days around 16 series were operated to serve the community, so less than half of them would later be used.

Friends of TiJe, Transjakarta also applies social distancing by changing operating patterns to minimize transmission of Covid 19. pic.twitter.com/8d9qxOYYIU

- Jakarta Transportation (@PT_Transjakarta) March 15, 2020

In addition, the number of passengers will also be reduced for each car. The capacity of one MRT carriage, which can be boarded by 300 people, will only be able to be boarded by 60 people. "Each car (previously) has a maximum of 300 people, later it will be filled with a maximum of 60 people," said Anies.

Meanwhile, for Trans Jakarta, there is also a reduction in aramada. Starting Monday, March 16, the bus will only carry passengers in 13 corridors. "Transjakarta, which currently serves 248 routes, will be significantly changed, reduced to only 13 routes," concluded Anies.