Jokowi Disappointed BNPB Has Not Optimally Campaigned For Wearing Masks

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is disappointed that the health protocol campaign (prokes) has not been optimal, especially wearing masks. In fact, Jokowi said, the process is the key to preventing the spread of COVID-19.

"As I asked from the start, BNPB is working really hard on matters related to giving masks to campaign masks that I haven't seen until now," Jokowi said in a video uploaded to the Presidential Secretariat's Youtube, Saturday, July 17.

According to him, the surge in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia occurred in family clusters. Therefore, it is necessary to study other strategies to suppress the spread of the corona virus.

"Once again, please do a more detailed study of the blockage. The key is precisely the matter of wearing masks, discipline in the process of wearing masks, especially," said Jokowi at the virtual emergency PPKM evaluation meeting on Friday, July 16.

In addition, Jokowi asked for an evaluation of the emergency PPKM blocking. Jokowi said that currently what needs to be improved is the health protocol campaign to wear masks.

“Regarding the mobility index, our human mobility has carried out barriers, but when I saw it at night, I also went to Pulogadung this morning and I saw that it was still quite crowded. Last night I was very busy in the village, which means that we might need to evaluate whether this isolation is effective in reducing cases," continued Jokowi.

In the meeting, President Jokowi said that the option to extend the emergency PPKM must be carefully studied. The decision on whether or not to extend the emergency PPKM must be seriously considered.

"This is a question from the community today, one important thing that we need to answer is whether the emergency PPKM will be extended or not? If you want it to be extended, how long? This is really a very sensitive matter that must be decided with a clear mind, not to be mistaken," he said.