PPKM Java-Bali Extended, Non-essential Offices At PPKM Level 3 May WFO 25 Percent

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JAKARTA - The government has extended the Java-Bali PPKM for 2 weeks from September 21 to October 4, 2021. In this PPKM extension, non-essential offices are allowed to work in the office or work from office (WFO).

However, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said that only 25 percent of WFO's allowed employee capacity. Then, employees who enter the office must also have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Non-essential offices in PPKM Level 3 districts/cities can do 25 percent of work from office for employees who have been vaccinated and must have used QR PeduliLindung," Luhut said in a virtual press conference, Monday, September 20.

In the previous PPKM implementation, non-essential offices in regions that implemented PPKM Level 3 and 4 were required to work from home 100 percent. essential sector offices may operate 50 percent and critical 100 percent.

Meanwhile, PPKM Level 2 areas are allowed to apply WFO 50 percent to non-essential companies, 75 percent to essential sectors, and 100 percent to critical sectors.

Luhut said a number of regions experienced a decline in the PPKM assessment level over the next two weeks. In fact, currently there are no regions that apply PPKM Level 4.

"Currently, there are no more urban districts that are at level 4 in Java-Bali. So all of them are at (PPKM) Levels 3 and 2," he said.

Luhut explained, the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to show improvement. The epidemiological estimation results of the UI Faculty of Medicine show that Indonesia's effective reproductive rate for the first time during this pandemic has been below 1, which is 0.98.

"This figure means that every 1 case of COVID-19 infects an average of 0.98 people or the number of cases will continue to decrease. This figure can be interpreted that the Indonesian COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled," said Luhut.