This Is The Criteria For PSBB Status District Action

Minister of Health Agus Terawan Putranto (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto issued a Minister of Health Regulation (PMK) Number 9 of 2020. This regulation contains guidelines for Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in order to accelerate the handling of COVID-19.

Broadly speaking, PMK PSBB regulates the criteria for determining the status of actions that can be taken by a region, be it province, district or city when obtaining PSBB status.

PSBB criteria are regulated in Article 2 of PMK No. 9/2020. Areas that can be assigned the status of PSBB are areas where the number of cases and / or the number of deaths due to disease increases and spreads significantly and rapidly to several regions.

In addition, a region can be defined as a PSBB if there is an epidemiological link with similar incidents in other regions or countries.

To get PSBB status, the head of blood must submit a request letter accompanied by data on the COVID-19 case to the Minister of Health, Terawan. Then, the Minister of Health forwarded the request to the Chairperson of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo to determine the status.

In the process of determining the PSBB, Article 7 PMK No.9 of 2020 explains that the minister forms a team to conduct epidemiological studies, political, economic, social, cultural, religious, defense and security aspects.

This process is given a time limit of two days, starting from the day the application is submitted to the determination of the PSBB status in an area.

Then, Article 13 PMK 9/2020 regulates the implementation of PSBB. When an area has received the PSBB status, they carry out school and work vacations, restrictions on religious, socio-cultural activities, activities in public places or facilities, restrictions on transportation modes, and other activities specifically related to defense and security aspects.

School and workplace vacations are exempted for strategic offices or agencies that provide services related to defense and security, public order, food needs, fuel oil and gas, health services, economy, finance, communications, industry, export and import, distribution, logistics, and other basic necessities.

Restrictions on places or public facilities are exempted for supermarkets, minimarkets, markets, shops or places for the sale of medicines and medical equipment for food, staple goods, essential goods, fuel oil, gas and energy.

Restrictions on transportation modes are exempted for passenger transportation modes, both public and private, by taking into account the number of passengers and maintaining the distance between passengers, as well as modes of transportation of goods by taking into account the fulfillment of the basic needs of the population.