Vice President Asks Local Governments To Work Harder So That COVID-19 Cases Slump

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (PHOTO VIA BETWEEN)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asked all regional heads to work harder in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic so that transmission cases become sloping. This was conveyed by Vice President Ma'ruf while chairing a coordination meeting with Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and the ranks of the Task Force ( Task Force) Handling COVID-19 in Yogyakarta Province virtually, Wednesday, July 28. "So far, we are still volatile, the slope is still not stable. Therefore, we must be even harder so that it can continue to slope. So that later we can do easing so that it can be faster , our lives can be normal again," said the Vice President, quoted by Antara.

The adjustment of the policy for the Implementation of Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) to become PPKM Level 4 requires synergy between all local governments and the central government. "PPKM is now extended. Its name is no longer Emergency PPKM, but PPKM based on level," he added. The Yogyakarta Province COVID-19 Task Force is to increase tests to the public because the positivity rate in the area is still high. Based on the data received, the Vice President stated that the positivity rate in Yogyakarta Province is still high at 41 percent.

Meanwhile, Sri Sultan reported that data on the spread of COVID-19 in Yogyakarta had decreased in public places, such as shopping places (38 percent), tourist attractions (29 percent), stations and airports (70 percent) and workplaces (25 percent). The increase actually occurred around residential neighborhoods, so that it has the potential to create new clusters in the place of residence, said Sri Sultan. "This is factual, indeed moving from the entrance to the house. not at home, talking to neighbors' houses," said Sri Sultan. Sri Sultan also explained that various steps to tighten community mobility had been carried out by forming the Citizens Guard Movement which involved the community, the Village Trustees (Babinsa) and the Bhayangkara Pembina Community Security and Order (Bhabinkamtibmas). "We are trying to coordinate with the lurah through the district, deploying Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas, we form the name Jaga Warga," he said. rnya.