Winning Against COVID Requires Coordination, Vice President Ma'ruf To Anies Baswedan, Kang Emil And Wahidin Halim: Eliminate Sectoral Ego

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin gave directions in a coordination meeting with the local government and the COVID-19 Handling Task Force in DKI Jakarta (Photo: ANTARA/HO)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin reminded the ranks of the regional governments (Pemda) of DKI Jakarta, West Java, and Banten to abandon the attitude of regional egoism in handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

This was conveyed by Vice President Ma'ruf while giving a briefing during a coordination meeting with the regional government and the Jakarta, West Java, and Banten COVID-19 Handling Task Forces, virtually, in Jakarta, Monday, August 2.

Coordination is very important so that each region does not arise a kind of sectoral ego. As an agglomeration area, high mobility by residents in Greater Jakarta is unavoidable so the potential for the spread of COVID-19 in the region must be anticipated with the right policies.

Handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Greater Jakarta, according to the Vice President, requires good program and data integration through coordination between DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, and Banten Governor Wahidin Halim.

"The handling of COVID-19 in Jabodetabek cannot be based solely on administrative areas. The handling of COVID-19 in agglomeration areas such as Jabodetabek, both in terms of programs and data, must be carried out in an integrated and integrated manner through good coordination between the Governor of DKI, Governor of West Java, and Governor of Banten," said Ma'ruf as quoted by Antara.

In addition to good coordination, integrated handling from upstream to downstream must also be strengthened. Because, according to the Vice President, if the upstream handling goes well, the downstream conditions will be good too.

"The handling of a pandemic in the Jabodetabek agglomeration area must have and use equivalent standards and quality, both in the implementation of the health protocol and in the context of handling the 3T," he said.

In addition to Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, the ranks of the central government who also conveyed the direction for handling COVID-19 were Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, Acting Director General of Regional Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs Suhajar Diantoro, and Spokesperson for the Task Force. Handling COVID-19 Wiku Adisasmito.

Virtually present at the coordination meeting were Anies Baswedan, Ridwan Kamil, Deputy Governor of Banten Andika Hazrumy, Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum, and Regional Secretary of DKI Jakarta Marullah Matali.