Citizen Mobility Increases, Task Force Reminds Prokes Compliance So Weapons Press COVID-19 Cases

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JAKARTA - Head of The Behavioral Change Task Force handling COVID-19, Sonny Harry B. Harmadi said there was an increase in the mobility of citizens during the Eid holidays.

This, said Sonny, makes Indonesia potentially experiencing a spike in corona virus cases such as in a number of countries such as India, Malaysia, and Singapore.

"Is Indonesia likely to have an extraordinary spike in cases? It's quite possible because the data shows the mobility of the seaters increased dramatically yesterday. There continues to be a decrease in health protocol compliance in the dashboard of behavior changes," Sonny said in a virtual discussion that aired on Youtube Kemkominfo TV, Thursday, May 20.

Although nationally active cases of COVID-19 are still good with the increase in daily cases showing a downward trend, there are 13 provinces that have experienced a daily increase in cases. Mainly on the island of Sumatra.

"We see a daily case curve for Sumatra clearly there is a tremendous spike in daily cases. This suggests that there is potential for a second wave. But, nationally, our performance is still good," he said.

Sonny asked the public not to crowd and travel to prevent a spike in corona virus cases. Because, increased travel activity will create a crowd.

"The most important thing is to mitigate the impact, reduce the risk of the impact of non-compliance that occurred yesterday. We always invite the public to be well aware that compliance with health protocols is our main weapon against this pandemic," he explained.

Sonny said the government has banned homecoming and tightened community activities out of town. So far, he said, the number of passengers using both land and air transportation has dropped to above 50 percent.

"Transportation both sea, air, even land transportation traffic is down 93 percent. Air transport was down 70 percent. The essence of the ban on homecoming is that people do not travel on any date," he said.