Anies Baswedan Extends The Micro-Scale Community Activity Restrictions In Jakarta

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. (Photo: DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Public Relations)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor, Anies Baswedan said that the implementation of restrictions on micro-scale community activities (PPKM) will be extended. The PPKM will end today.

Anies said that the decision to extend the PPKM was based on the results of the coordination meeting between the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KCP-PEN) and the local government that imposed the micro-scale PPKM.

"It has been announced from the central government that there will be an extension (micro-scale PPKM) and we will carry it out", said Anies at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Monday, April 5.

On March 23, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan extended the micro-scale PPKM until April 5, 2021, in DKI. This follows a central government decision.

Anies explained that in the past week there has been a decline in community compliance with 3M's health protocol discipline. This data was compiled from the Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, UNICEF, and health center cadres.

"The three indicators have decreased, including wearing a mask and maintaining a distance of only 40 percent and washing hands with soap only 10 percent. In fact, previously, these indicators could touch 85 percent", Anies said in his statement, Tuesday, March 23.

Meanwhile, on a national scale, the government has extended the PPKM period from March 23 to today.

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Chair of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery, Airlangga Hartarto announced that the Micro-scale PPKM was expanded to five regions. Thus, a total of 15 regions have implemented Micro-scale PPKM.

"The government has added five additional regions, namely South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, and West Nusa Tenggara", Airlangga said in a virtual press conference on Youtube EkonomiRI, Friday, March 19.

Previously, the government set the implementation of micro-scale PPKM in 10 provinces, namely DKI Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta Special Region, and Bali, then expanded to North Sumatra, East Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi.

Airlangga said that the parameters for the government to decide which regions to implement micro-scale PPKM were still the same, namely fulfilling one of the four parameters.

The four parameters are the active case rate above the national average, the cure rate below the national average, the death rate above the national average, and the hospital occupancy rate for ICU and isolation rooms above 70 percent.