Contradictions in the attitude of the provincial government of DKI Jakarta amid the increasing cases of Covid-19 … Page all



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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The provincial government of DKI Jakarta issues various types of speeches and also policies during the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the capital city.

It is not uncommon for speeches and policies issued to contradict policies that have been previously implemented.

Also, this was all aired during the transition period when the number of Covid-19 patients continued to rise.

For example, the issue of cycle paths on toll roads, then plans to remove independent isolation, to plans to open cinemas.

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The following are the contradictory speeches and policies of the DKI Jakarta provincial government:

1. There is no CFD, but bike lanes are discussed on the toll road.

On June 21, 2020, the provincial government of DKI Jakarta decided to hold another CFD together with Jalan Jenderal Sudirman and Jalan MH Thamrin.

The DKI provincial government also requires all residents who will be active in the CFD area to wear masks.

Residents who do not wear masks will be subject to a fine of IDR 250,000.

However, when the CFD was carried out, there were five people in CFD who reacted to Covid-19 during the quick test.

“The rapid test that took the test was 600 people, 5 reactive people,” said the Head of the National Police Medical and Health Center (Kapusdokkes), Brigadier General (Pol) Rusdianto.

The DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency noted that there were 40,155 residents present in the CFD area at the time, consisting of 21,342 pedestrians and 18,813 cyclists.

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“This means that the number is quite a lot, not counting those who enter the surrounding buildings,” said Syafrin Liputo, director of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency.

Due to the violation of health protocol and reactive residents, the DKI Jakarta provincial government has canceled CFDs in the Sudirman-Thamrin area again.

Syafrin said, CFD was canceled again for a while.

“That’s right, the Sudirman-Thamrin HBKB was eliminated,” Syafrin said when contacted on Wednesday (6/24/2020).

According to the results of the CFD or Motor Vehicle Free Day (HBKB) assessment in Sudirman-Thamrin, on Sunday (6/21/2020), pedestrians caused crowds.

Most recently, on August 11, 2020, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan submitted a request to the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) to use the inner ring toll road section for cyclists.

In the letter sent on August 11, 2020, it was written that there was an increase in the volume of cyclists every week.

The highest volume in week 7 or July 20-26, 2020 was 82,380 riders.

“In this regard, please grant permission from the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing to use a portion of the West Jakarta Inner Ring Toll Road (Cawang-Tanjung Priok) as a cycle path to accommodate bicycle users Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. “said the letter.

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When confirmed, Syafrin Liputo said, the application for the use of toll roads in the city center was submitted due to growing public interest in cycling.

“The number of bicycle users in the area of ​​the temporary bike path from Sudirman to Merdeka Barat is very high. Therefore, from the Governor, we have proposed to the Minister of PUPR to prepare a toll section,” said Syafrin.

One of the toll roads will be on the city center toll road, particularly in the direction from Kebon Nanas to Tanjung Priok.

Syafrin said that this route is only reserved for road or racing bikes.

“It is not an ordinary bicycle. It is called a road bike. So prepare a single lane for a temporary bike lane for road bikes,” he said.

The reason is that it requires a special lane and drives at high speed. In addition, the tracks or roads that are traveled are also different from normal bicycles.

2. The plan to open a movie theater despite the fact that the case is high

Although the number of Covid-19 cases in DKI continues to rise, the provincial government of DKI Jakarta will reopen cinemas in the near future.

This was relayed by DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan during a press conference at the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) via YouTube channel on Wednesday (8/26/2020).

“I relayed that this morning we discussed together the plan to open cinemas in DKI Jakarta,” Anies said, quoted by Kompas.com, on Wednesday.

Anies conveyed that later on, there are things that must be obeyed to open a cinema and health protocols must be implemented.

In addition, there are regulations that the cinema must follow when it opens, especially regarding the purchase of tickets and regulations in the cinema.

“As for the qualifications of anyone who can participate in the viewing of the cinema, the second has to do with the reservation of tickets, which must all be done online, and there is no ticket purchase on the site,” he said. again Anies.

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In fact, the average daily positive cases in the capital city during the last two weeks was 1,029, with a record seven times the sum of positive Covid-19 cases to more than 1,000.

3. No independent isolation, but hospital bed crisis

The increasing number of Covid-19 patients in DKI has an impact on the availability of isolation rooms and ICU rooms for Covid-19 patients in referral hospitals.

As of September 6, 2020, up to 77 percent of the 4,456 isolation room beds in the referral hospitals had been filled with Covid-19 patients.

This means that only 23 percent of the total beds in isolation rooms remain in the capital city.

Meanwhile, 83 percent of the 483 beds in ICU rooms in referral hospitals have also been used to treat Covid-19 patients.

Despite a crisis in the availability of beds for Covid-19 patients who are in independent isolation, the provincial government of DKI Jakarta is preparing regulations so that all patients can be isolated in hospitals or places provided by the government. .

That way there will be no self-isolation at home later for Covid-19 patients, even if there are only mild or no symptoms.

The consideration of eliminating independent insulation is due to the discovery of groupings of households.

Another piece of information is that there are self-isolated patients who do not perform the procedure correctly.

For this reason, the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta will be fully responsible for isolating patients in predetermined locations, both in the hospital and in the Athlete’s House.

Therefore, the provincial government of DKI has established 13 regional public hospitals (RSUD) that specifically care for Covid-19 patients.

The appointment of the RSUD is based on the Decree of the Head of the Health Service of DKI Jakarta Number 399 of 2020 on the designation of a regional hospital that provides complete Covid-19 disease management services.

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