Anies Claims Covid-19 Casing Starts Slipping During Jakarta PSBB Tightening Page



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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claims that the active case of Covid-19 has been reduced during the implementation of volume two of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) or tightening.

“At the coordination meeting on the anticipation of the development of the Covid-19 case in Jabodetabek, the Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments (Marives) showed data that DKI Jakarta was pending and under control,” Anies said in a written statement , on Thursday (9/24/2020).

Anies explained that in the first 12 days of September or before the implementation of the PSBB, the sum of active positive cases of Covid-19 was 49 percent or 3,864 cases.

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Meanwhile, when the PSBB was implemented or the following 12 days in September, the increase in the number of active cases decreased to 12 percent or 1,453 cases.

Still, according to Anies, basing the active Covid-19 case was not the primary goal of implementing the PSBB.

The DKI provincial government and residents have yet to limit activities to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the capital city.

“Basing the active case chart is not the end goal. We still have to work together to break the chain of transmission. The government continues to increase 3Q and residents must stay home first, travel only when necessary and implement 3M,” Anies said.

Anies decided to extend the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for two weeks, from September 28 to October 11, 2020.

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The PSBB tightening was initially imposed for two weeks from September 14 to 27, 2020.

The extension of the PSBB period is stipulated in the Decree of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Province Number 959 of 2020.

Anies said that the PSBB spread again because the number of positive Covid-19 cases has the potential to increase again if the PSBB relaxes.

Earlier, a member of the Covid-19 Management Working Group (Satgas) Expert Team, Dewi Nur Aisyah, said that a new Covid-19 transmission group appeared in DKI Jakarta, from weddings, hotels, Islamic boarding schools, even nightly entertainment.

The Task Force found three positive cases of Covid-19 in a hotel in DKI Jakarta.

“There are some new ones that didn’t exist before. One example is that the hotel group has started, there are boarding schools, there is nightly entertainment available. New places have emerged that have the potential for broadcast. Marriage activities have started to emerge,” Dewi said in a debate broadcast on YouTube. BNPB Indonesia, Wednesday (9/23/2020).

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According to the cluster data for the spread of Covid-19 as of September 18, 2020 on the corona.jakarta.go.id site, there are clusters of hotels in the capital city.

Three positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded at the Sari Pacific Hotel in central Jakarta.

For the wedding group, 20 people tested positive for Covid-19 at two locations, namely a wedding at Kebon Pala Village and RW 12, Penggilingan Village.

Meanwhile, the Covid-19 distribution group also appeared at community gathering events, namely the August 17 cooking competition with five people testing positive for Covid-19 and halalbihalal on RT 21 RW 03, Kebon Manggis Village, with eight people testing positive.

For the pesantren group, four people tested positive for Covid-19 at the Minhajjurrosyidin Islamic boarding school, Cipayung.

In his presentation, Dewi also explained that there were six cases of Covid-19 in nightclubs.

However, he did not mention the venue for the evening entertainment. According to the data presented by the DKI Jakarta Health Office, there are no nightclubs that are part of the Covid-19 group.

There are 18 groups that registered six cases of Covid-19, consisting of residences, state institutions, private companies, ministries, religious activities, private companies and markets.

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