From The Beginning, The Government Was Considered To Be Ambiguous In Overcoming COVID-19

ILLUSTRATION/GOVERNMENT OF SURABAYA

JAKARTA - Member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives Lucy Kurniasari has suspected a drastic increase in positive cases of COVID-19. In fact, he said, long before Eid, the government had been warned that there would be a spike in cases if there was no firmness regarding the implementation of going home.

Lucy regrets that the government has only adopted a policy of prohibiting going home after Eid approaches. Finally, the policy was not fully effective because according to information from the government, as many as 1.5 million people actually escaped to go home.

He suspects, this figure could exceed the official number issued by the government. Because, there are many ways that travelers do to be able to go to their hometowns without being detected by the insulation officers.

"So it happened because the policy of prohibiting going home was not followed by strict sanctions," said Lucy, Monday, June 21.

Lucy assessed that the high number of homecoming travelers for Eid then indicated that the government's ban on going home was simply ignored by most people.

"They no longer listen to the ban from the government. In fact, many of the homecomers are snatching at some of the barriers," said Lucy.

Therefore, continued Lucy, the high level of community mobilization has made the spread of COVID-19 out of control. In fact, there are concerns that the Athlete House and Hospital will not be able to accommodate COVID-19 sufferers.

"There is also negligence in the community after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. Some of them have neglected to implement health protocols," said the East Java legislator.

What is even more concerning, said Lucy, is that the government has been ambiguous from the start in dealing with COVID-19. Where, the policy has never focused on health care.

"The government always tries to find a balance in handling COVID-19 from the health and economic perspective. As a result, it always pushes and pulls like playing a kite to achieve a balance between the health side and the economic side," explained this Democrat politician.

Therefore, Lucy reminded the government to be more focused in handling health. He considered that the WHO recommendation for Indonesia to tighten the PSBB was very feasible. Because, through PSBB, it is hoped that mobilization can be reduced to a minimum.

"If PSBB is implemented, the government must at least provide basic necessities for its people, especially the poor," said Lucy.