COVID-19 Continues To Soar, Deputy Chair Of Commission IX DPR Asks The Government To Implement PSBB

Member of Commission I DPR RI Charles Honoris. (Boyke Ledy Watra/Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PDI-P faction Charles Honoris asked that the government must now implement large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) considering that COVID-19 cases continue to experience a spike after the 2021 Eid holiday. Therefore, PSBB must be carried out immediately," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, June 18. On Thursday, June 17, the national daily transmission and death rate set a new record, namely 12,624 daily cases, which is the number On the other hand, he said, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) for health facilities in almost all provinces in Java is already above the WHO limit. , which is 60 percent. In fact, in DKI Jakarta, BOR has almost touched 80 percent. Meanwhile, he continued, the facts on the ground are signs of collapsing health facilities. Long queue of patients to enter the hospital. Even more sad, there are patients who are rejected because they are full. "Some even died on the way because they did not get a referral hospital," said Charles.

On the other hand, the health workers are overwhelmed by the incalculable surge in patients. Looking at these data and facts, the implementation of restrictions on micro-scale community activities (PPKM) is clearly not enough to respond to the current COVID-19 transmission emergency. Moreover, he said, the minimal number of COVID-19 tests and tracking in some areas has caused micro-scale PPKM to become ineffective. effective so that there is no meaning in color zoning if the tracking or tracing of COVID-19 cases and tests is not optimal. "Just imagine, in DKI Jakarta, where the number of tests and tracking is relatively high compared to other regions, the gap between the number of people infected with COVID-19 and the number of people infected with COVID-19 is not optimal. reported very irregular," he said. A seroprevalence survey by the Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI) in Jakarta stated that the number of people who were actually infected was 12 times higher than what was reported or recorded. This is not only worrisome, but already terrible," he said. Therefore, he said, action was needed It was quick from the central government to immediately limit social activities on a large scale or the implementation of PSBB and no longer partial. If the current COVID-19 is likened to a tsunami, he said, then PSBB is like a breakwater in the ocean so that the waves that reach the mainland are not so big. Without the breakwater, it is feared that health workers and the people on the mainland will also be swept away.