Jakarta Is Advised To Implement Lockdown, Health Office: Wait For Regional Leadership Coordination Forum's Decision

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JAKARTA - COVID-19 cases in Jakarta are increasingly showing a significant increase. In fact, Sunday, June 20, the number of cases in Jakarta was the highest since the COVID-19 hit.

Based on data, COVID-19 cases on June 20 in Jakarta were 5.582 cases. This figure was obtained from PCR examination on 16.636 people.

With this data, a number of parties suggest the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to carry out lockdown. This is to reduce the rate of spread of the coronavirus.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Widyastuti, said that Jakarta had not yet taken this step. According to her, the decision to lockdown will be discussed with the central government and Regional leadership coordination forum (Forkompinda).

"Later Forkompinda will decide because of any intervention decisions regarding mobilization through a discussion scheme at the Forkompinda level", said Widyastuti at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, June 21.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 in Jakarta until June 20 was 474.029 cases. Meanwhile, the number of recovered patients increased by 2.457, bringing the total to 435.904 cases.

The number of deaths also experienced a spike of as many as 69 people. The highest death case in Jakarta was on February 1 with 70 people dying. So far, 7.905 people have died from COVID-19.

The same thing was previously conveyed by the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria. DKI, he said, was waiting for a decision from the central government to take an "emergency brake" policy or a "lockdown" policy regarding the significantly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta.

"We will study it later, waiting for the central decision", said Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria some time ago.

However, Riza emphasized that the decision to pull the emergency brake as it was implemented in Jakarta around February 2021 was not hampered by the central government.

"No, it's not like that", said Riza, without explaining further.