The Compliance Of DKI Jakarta Residents Using Masks Is Now Down To 25 Percent

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JAKARTA - The Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, said that currently people's compliance in wearing masks when doing activities outside the home has decreased. Currently, only 25 percent of residents are compliant with wearing masks.

"In our survey, recently the observance of wearing masks has dropped to 25 percent", said Widyastuti in a virtual discussion, Thursday, June 17.

In fact, Widyastuti said that at the end of 2020, community compliance in the capital city in implementing health protocols, especially using masks, had reached 70 percent.

"At the end of last year and early this year, the position of obeying our health protocol for wearing masks was at 60 to 70 percent", she said.

However, when the development of COVID-19 cases in the Capital City declined at the beginning of last year, followed by the implementation of vaccinations, compliance with the health protocols of its citizens also declined.

Widyastuti appealed to residents to continue to prioritize the 3M health protocol. "This must be a continuous campaign. Even though the vaccination is twice, but the health protocol is still a culture that we do", she explained.

Currently, Widyastuti admitted that her party was evaluating the implementation of micro-scale Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Jakarta when cases increased again. However, she has not been able to confirm whether to apply the emergency brake in the form of large-scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) or not.

"For the withdrawal of the emergency brake or lockdown, of course a more in-depth analysis is needed, so that how the economy continues to run well, but also the implementation of health protocols goes well", she said.

Previously, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria admitted that the DKI Provincial Government received instructions from President Joko Widodo to tighten the use of masks for its citizens.

This was said by Jokowi when he summoned the ranks of the DKI Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) regarding the handling of cases during the micro-scale PPKM period at the State Palace, some time ago.

"The president asked for the use of masks in DKI Jakarta to be increased again. Because according to the President, 98 percent of the use of masks helps us to be free from the spread of the coronavirus", said Riza.

In addition, Jokowi asked all ranks in DKI to improve the implementation of handling COVID-19 in the field. Furthermore, Jokowi gave a target for DKI to be able to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations of up to 7.5 million targets in August.