COVID Cases Are Still High, PDIP Party Legislator Asks Jokowi To Listen To WHO Recommendation To Extend PPKM

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Rahmad Handoyo, believes that the government should use the recommendations of the World Health Organization or WHO as a reference in deciding the implementation of Level 4 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM), which will end today.

WHO recommendations can be used as an indicator, whether it is necessary to extend Level 4 PPKM or vice versa. One indicator is the increase in the number of positive confirmed cases of COVID-19.

"I think it's still high, still above 41.000 cases on average per day", Rahmad told reporters, Monday, August 2.

Likewise with the death rate of COVID-19 patients, as of Sunday, August 1, the total rate reached 95.723 people.

In addition, the Central Java legislator reminded that the government needs to pay close attention to the distribution of the Delta variant which has become increasingly massive in recent times.

"It has reached 86 percent if I'm not mistaken from the government list, it has spread throughout Indonesia, meaning that the Delta variant we all know is very massive and faster in the transmission process", said Rahmad.

Therefore, according to him, based on existing statistics, the government has no reason not to extend Level 4 PPKM.

"From the figures, it seems that it still needs to be reconsidered for an extension", said the PDIP Party politician.