COVID-19 Cases In DKI Jakarta Soar, PDIP Party Considers Community Activity Restrictions Command Posts In Neighborhood Level Are Less Optimal

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JAKARTA - The number of COVID-19 cases in the capital city has increased again after the Eid holiday. A member of the PDIP Party faction of the DKI Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPRD), Jhonny Simanjuntak, considers that the implementation of the micro-scale Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) post at the neighborhood level is not running optimally.

Because, according to Jhonny, efforts to handle the pandemic cannot be carried out only with the supervision of the ranks of the Health Service. This is because there are still many transmissions of COVID-19 at the community level that are not monitored.

"The current case is just the tip of the iceberg. Here we can't expect it from the Health Office alone. The provincial government is less efficient at using the apparatus at the neighborhood level. I think the village head can coordinate to neighborhoods heads so they can help the community", said Jhonny when contacted, Thursday, June 17.

Moreover, LaporCovid-19 volunteers released a survey that one in three DKI residents was afraid of being vaccinated against COVID-19. Johnny also thinks so.

Therefore, it is necessary to involve leaders at the community scale to educate the public to participate in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. The DKI Provincial Government can mobilize women of Family Welfare Empowerment (PKK) in carrying out this education.

"PKK ladies, Jumantik has been used to tasks like Integrated Healthcare Center, why isn't it being utilized? If it can be done", said Jhonny.

Previously, Anies extended the micro-scale PPKM period from June 15 to June 28. This is stated in Governor's Decree Number 759 of 2021 and Governor's Instruction Number 39 of 2021.

Anies said that currently, DKI has the potential to face the critical phase of COVID-19. The spike in active cases, which has risen significantly in recent weeks, has forced all parties to be more vigilant in preventing the capital city from entering the critical phase after the Eid holiday.

Based on last year's experience, if Jakarta enters the critical phase, the DKI Provincial Government must pull the emergency brake which will have an impact on the economy.

"The capital city is now in a condition that requires extra attention. If the current conditions are out of control, we will enter a critical phase, and if that phase occurs, then we must take drastic steps like what happened in September and February last year. We want that event not repeated", said Anies.