After The Earthquake, The Jayapura City Government Revised The Emergency Response Status

The damage suffered by the Papua Provincial Government office building was caused by the earthquake. (Between)

JAYAPURA - The Jayapura City Government, Papua has lowered the earthquake's emergency response status to a disaster emergency transition to recovery for 60 days.

Jayapura Mayor Frans Pekey said the move was taken after the frequency of earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.2 in the region began to decline and the number of refugees decreased.

"In the emergency transition, the recovery of services and protection for residents who are directly affected by the earthquake will still be carried out such as health services," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 23.

According to Pekey, after lowering the emergency response status to an emergency transition on Wednesday, February 22, learning in schools will be carried out face-to-face again.

"So on Monday it is mandatory for all schools to resume face-to-face learning," he said.

He explained that during the emergency transition period, communication and coordination between related agencies needed to be carried out in an effort to repair office buildings or housing that suffered minor damage due to the earthquake.

He added that currently his party is still waiting for a report from the Jayapura City Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) regarding the number of buildings damaged by the light and heavy categories.

"Because the initial report contained more than 50 buildings including offices, shopping centers, schools and houses of residents damaged by the earthquake," he said again.

However, his party continues to appeal to the people in the area to continue to increase their vigilance and prepare mitigation efforts because until now the earthquake that is felt at a shallow depth is still happening.