The COVID-19 Task Force Regrets The Increase In The Number Of Villages Whose Residents Don't Obey To Use Masks

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, regrets that there is an increase in the number of villages whose residents do not comply with health protocols, especially wearing masks.

Wiku said, this week there was an increase in the number of sub-districts or villages whose citizens' compliance with wearing masks was less than 60 percent.

"In the previous week there were 2,654 kelurahan or villages, now there are 3,455 kelurahan or villages," Wiku said in a Youtube video broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, Tuesday, July 13.

Of these, the majority came from East Java with 569 sub-districts or villages that did not comply, Aceh with 558 who did not comply, West Java with 481 who did not comply, Central Java with 270 who did not comply, and Gorontalo with 212 villages or villages that did not comply.

"This shows that there is an increasing number of sub-districts or villages whose residents are neglecting to implement health protocols," he said.

On that occasion, Wiku said that currently there was a rapid increase in the performance reports of village/kelurahan posts. The highest increase occurred in reports of surveillance activities in and out of the region which rose 199.83 percent and curfew restrictions which rose 157.13 percent.

"This increase in the post's performance report must be maintained, considering this is a preventive measure that must be maximized so that the transmission of COVID-19 does not increase in the community," said Wiku.

Then, most of the reporting on the performance of poskos came from urban villages in the provinces of DKI Jakarta, DIY, and Bali, with more than 50 percent of the posko reporting performance.

However, unfortunately there are still 20 provinces whose performance reports do not even reach 10 percent of the total kelurahan, namely South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Bangka Belitung Islands, South Sumatra, Southeast Sulawesi, Lampung, West Papua, NTB, North Sumatra, Bengkulu, Central Kalimantan. , Riau, Jambi, NTT, Maluku, North Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Papua, North Maluku and Central Sulawesi.

Therefore, Wiku asked all governors of the province to immediately make firm improvements in their respective regions.

"Last week it was conveyed to immediately establish a post, but this week there are no signs of additional posts being formed. Don't wait until cases in the area are critical to realize the importance of establishing a post," he concluded.