Difficult, MPR Leader Reminds Government To Be Careful In Deciding On Extension And Termination Of PPKM

Deputy Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Jazilul Fawaid/Antara

JAKARTA - The Policy for the Implementation of Level 4 COVID-19 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Java and Bali will end today, Monday, August 2. Until this afternoon, there is no clear sign whether the government will continue the PPKM policy or not. However, information swirls that PPKM Level 4 will be extended until next August 9.

In response to this, Deputy Chairperson of the MPR Jazilul Fawaid reminded the government to be careful in making decisions regarding the extension or termination of PPKM in order to break the chain of spread of COVID-19.

"It's really difficult. I hope that the government will make the best, thorough and measured decision," said Jazilul Fawaid, Monday, August 2.

The Deputy Chairperson of the National Awakening Party (PKB) assessed that if PPKM Level 4 was resumed, then the government should be responsible for helping to provide social assistance more thoroughly to small communities. As well as providing incentives to business actors.

"If it is extended again, of course the economic activity of the residents will be more sluggish. Please extend it if the government can help the business sector and the basic needs of the community during PPKM," said Gus Jazil, his nickname.

On the one hand, he continued, if PPKM Level 4 was continued continuously, it could indicate that the policies taken by the government were not being effectively implemented in the field. "In my opinion, the extension of the PPKM can reduce public confidence because the government is considered less successful in overcoming the situation," said the Gresik, East Java legislator. COVID-19. However, over time, the spike in cases has not been suppressed and has even increased. The government then imposed PPKM level 4 on July 21-25 and decided to extend it until today, August 2, 2021.

Even so, COVID-19 cases and death rates are still quite high. The latest data as of Sunday, August 1, showed that there were 30,738 new cases recorded daily. This figure is even higher than the number of daily additions when the Emergency PPKM was first implemented on July 3, which was 27,913 daily cases. Accumulatively, to date, there are 3,440,396 positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

It is encouraging, the daily recovered patient data reached 39,446 patients. A total of 2,809,538 patients recovered from COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the daily death rate is still quite high. There were an additional 1,604 patients who died, bringing the number of patients who died from COVID-19 so far to 95,723 people.