JAKARTA - Chairman of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo asked the provincial government to strictly prevent crowds in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This request must be carried out by all provincial governments, especially for the 8 provinces that are currently experiencing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
The eight provinces in question are East Java, DKI Jakarta, Central Java, West Java, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, North Sumatra and Papua.
"Prevent crowds. Whatever the activity, be it sports, recreation, including activities that can have consequences for contracting someone. For example in a closed room for a very long period of more than one hour, there is no air circulation and ventilation," said Doni. after holding a closed meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Monday, July 13.
He said there would be no closure for the 8 provinces. This is because, from the start, Indonesia did not implement regional quarantine but only imposed restrictions.
So that the government in the 8 provinces must start protecting the people from the crowd. He also emphasized that when there was a crowd of information, the local government had to immediately remind him.
"Do not let a crowd occur first, then we will take action. That will get the attention of the president," he said.
Doni also reminded regional heads to limit activities when positive cases of COVID-19 in their region increase.
"Please brake, but that does not mean that all activities must be closed completely. Activities are limited, especially the time of activity and the number of human activities involved in it," he said.
Meanwhile, regarding the closure of the area, Doni said that this would not be done. This is because since the beginning Indonesia has never implemented a regional quarantine and prefers to limit it to prevent crowds.
Previously, on Sunday, July 12, the accumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia reached 75,699 people. The number of patients who have recovered currently reaches 35,638 people and the number of patients who have died is 3,606 people.
From data belonging to the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19, East Java Province is the province with the highest positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in East Java has reached 16,658 cases.
This figure is then followed by DKI Jakarta with 14,517 cases, South Sulawesi 6,973 cases, Central Java 5,473 cases, West Java 5,077 cases, South Kalimantan 4,146 cases, South Sumatra 2,653 cases, North Sumatra 2,323 cases, and Papua 2,267 cases.
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