Emergency PPKM Extended, Jakarta STRP Doesn't Need To Be Renewed

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The implementation of the Emergency Community Activity Restriction (PPKM) has been officially extended until July 25. However, workers who have a worker registration certificate (STRP) as a mobility requirement do not need to renew.

"Essential and critical sector workers who already have an STRP with a validity period of up to July 20, 2021, do not need to re-apply the STRP," said Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria on the arizapatria Instagram account, Wednesday, July 21.

Riza said the DKI Jakarta One Stop Integrated Service and Investment Service (DPMTSP) had implemented an automatic renewal system in the STRP during Emergency PPKM.

"The STRP has been automatically renewed with a validity period during the COVID-19 Emergency PPKM," said Riza.

Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) decided to extend the implementation of the Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in order to prevent COVID-19 cases from increasing. Later, if the number of cases continues to decline, the government will not hesitate to open it gradually.

Through a video description uploaded on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube account, Jokowi announced the extension of the Emergency PPKM after the policy ended on Tuesday, July 20 yesterday.

Initially, the former Governor of DKI Jakarta revealed that the implementation of the Emergency PPKM, which started on Saturday, July 3, had to be taken up by the government even though it was difficult. This policy was taken to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and reduce the burden on hospitals.

After running for two weeks, Jokowi claimed that the stricter restrictions on community activities from PPKM Micro brought positive results. One of them is reducing the number of additional COVID-19 cases in the community.

"Alhamdulillah, we are grateful that after the Emergency PPKM was implemented, it can be seen from the data on the addition of cases and the number of hospital beds that have decreased," Jokowi said in a video uploaded on Tuesday, July 20.

For this reason, the government decided to continue the implementation of Emergency PPKM in Java-Bali and 15 other areas until July 25. However, Jokowi admitted that he would not ignore the voices of the people in the country, especially those affected by the restrictions.

So, he promised to slowly open these restrictions so that community activities can resume running even though the pandemic is happening.

"We always monitor, understand the dynamics in the field and listen to the voices of the people affected by PPKM," said Jokowi.

"Therefore, if the trend continues to decline, on July 26, 2021, the government will conduct a gradual opening," he added.