What The Region Needs To Prepare Before Applying For A PSBB Permit

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JAKARTA - The central government has opened a pathway for local governments at the provincial, district and city levels to implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in the context of preventing the transmission of COVID-19. However, before applying for the PSBB application permit to the Minister of Health (Menkes), local governments must see the extent of their regional readiness ahead of the determination of the PSBB status.

This is an additional consideration beyond the criteria stated in the Minister of Health Regulation (Permenkes) Number 9 of 2020 concerning PSBB Guidelines for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19.

"The regional readiness before submitting is the basic basis for PSBB consideration of the predetermined criteria," said Acting Director General of Regional Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs Safrizal ZA at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Thursday, April 9.

The readiness that Safrizal means is that local governments must calculate the availability of basic living needs for the community. This is because the PSBB status will make it difficult for the community to earn a living due to restrictions on activities outside the home.

Second, local governments must calculate the need for health infrastructure. "Are beds in isolation rooms and other health equipment such as personal protective equipment for health workers available or not," said Safrizal.

Third, local governments must also prepare security protocols. This is because after the PSBB has been proposed, the local government must coordinate with law enforcement officials.

Fourth, local governments must calculate the relocation of changes to the regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) specifically for handling COVID-19. This relocation has received permission from the Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian.

"This budget must be stated in the budget commitment that has been prepared in the amendment. Then, the operationalization of the social safety network must also be prepared if the budget is ready," he explained.

Criteria

For information, the criteria for PSBB are regulated in Article 2 of PMK Number 9 of 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.