PPKM Jawa-Bali Extended, These 5 Big Cities Allow Children Under 12 Years Old To Enter The Mall

ILLUSTRATION/ Grand Indonesia Jakarta/ DOK Mahes ARK- VOI

JAKARTA - The government has extended the Java-Bali PPKM for 2 weeks from September 21 to October 4. In the extension of the PPKM, the government is conducting a trial of allowing children under the age of 12 to enter malls or shopping centers.

"A mall shopping center will be trialled for children under the age of 12 with parental supervision and assistance," said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menkomarves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in a virtual press conference, Monday, September 20.

However, this trial has only been run in five major cities. "(This trial) will be implemented in the areas of Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Special Region of Yogyakarta and Surabaya," he continued.

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 regencies/cities at level 4 in Java-Bali. So all 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 Indonesia's COVID-19 pandemic has been controlled," said Luhut.