Level 3 PPKM In Jakarta Ends Today, Deputy Governor Riza Hopes For An Easing

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria (Jakarta Provincial Government Youtube)

JAKARTA - Implementation of Level 3 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Jakarta will end today. Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria hopes that there will be an easing in the decision to extend the PPKM.

"Hopefully there will be better developments", said Riza at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, September 13.

However, if a number of activities are relaxed, Riza still asks the public to continue to comply with the implementation of health protocols and be aware of the transmission of COVID-19.

"In fact, with this increase in easing, we ask the public to stay at home, carry out the prokes. Because during the easing period, the potential for people to go out of the house increases, the potential for interaction increases, the potential for crowds increases, in the end the potential for transmission also increases", he said.

Until now, Riza said that his party was still waiting for the announcement of the fate of PPKM in the capital city. It is planned that the central government will announce the extension of the PPKM today.

After the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs regarding PPKM is issued, regional governments will make derivative rules to implement PPKM in their respective regions.

In the Java-Bali PPKM a week ago, the number of Java-Bali regencies/cities at level 4 became 11 regions with the previous 254 districts/cities. Then, more and more regencies/cities dropped to level 2. Then, the Special Region (DI) of Yogyakarta experienced a decrease in the level of assessment from level 4 to level 3. However, Bali Province was still included in level 4.

A number of regencies/cities outside Java-Bali also experienced a decline in the PPKM level assessment. Over the past week, there has been a decrease in the number of regencies/cities that experienced a decline in the PPKM level from level 4 to level 3, from 34 to 23.

As of September 12, there were 306 new COVID-19 cases in Jakarta. The number of active cases in Jakarta decreased by 31 cases, bringing the number of active cases to 3.941. Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases in Jakarta to date is 854.742 cases.