Covid-19 Crazy, 6 Luhut Command to Anies to Terawan

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut B. Pandjaitan held a large meeting with the ministers and governors for the management of Covid-19, which continued to show an increasing trend towards the end of the year.

The virtual coordination meeting, on Monday (12/14/2020), specifically discussed the management of Covid-19 in DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali, which was attended by Health Minister Terawan Putranto , the Minister of Transport, Budi Karya Sumadi, and the President of the BNPB, Doni Monardo. .

The regional chiefs in attendance were DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster, Central Java Governor representatives , the regional military commander and the corresponding Kapolda.

The meeting was held to anticipate an increase in Covid-19 cases after the Christmas holidays and the new year 2020-2021. During the meeting, several points were decided, as follows:

1. The government bans crowds and New Years celebrations in public places.

The hardening of these activities will begin from December 18, 2020 to January 8, 2021. The reason for the issuance of this policy is the significant increase in cases that still continue after vacations and collective leaves at the end of October.

“The number of positive figures and mortality rates has continued to rise after the holidays in 8 and 20 provinces, after the previous trend had decreased,” Luhut said.

He highlighted the increasing trend in the provinces of DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Bali and South Kalimantan.

On that occasion, Anies Baswedan emphasized that New Year’s activities that gather large numbers of people are prohibited in his area, as well as celebrating Christmas directly together.

“We enforce this, Mr. Coordinating Minister and I hope that in an area of ​​Jabodetabek it also applies politics the same, “he said.

2. Governor Anies was asked to toughen WFH policy

Luhut called on DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to toughen the work-from-home policy (Work from home/FMH) up to 75%.

“I also ask the governor [Anies Baswedan] continue with the policy of limiting business hours to 7:00 p.m. and limiting the number of people who gather in restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment venues, “Luhut said.

3. Relief for building rental fees in DKI Jakarta

With the policy of tightening WFH policies and limiting hangouts in shopping malls and entertainment venues, Luhut called on mall owners through the Governor of DKI Jakarta to offer rental and Charge for service to the tenant (tenant).

“Rental and relief schemes Charge for service (service fees) to be mutually agreed between the shopping centers and tenant. Examples include apportion, profit sharing or other schemes, ”said Luhut, who is also the vice president of Covid-19 and the Committee of the National Economic Recovery Task Force.

4. Religious celebrations and activities are restricted or prohibited.

Luhut also requested that activities that have the potential to gather large numbers of people, such as celebrations or religious events, be limited or prohibited. He suggested that the activities could be done online.

Therefore, Luhut ordered TNI / Polri to strengthen behavior change operations. “This will be preceded by a TNI / Polri rally led by the president as a way to strengthen engagement,” he said.

5. Centralized isolation of Covid-19 patients outside DKI Jakarta

Apart from the Jakarta DKI province, Luhut asked the governors of West Java, Central Java and East Java to do so. These directions include optimizing the use of centralized isolation, strengthening justice operations to ensure the implementation of centralized isolation, and 3M health protocols (wash hands, wear masks, and keep your distance).

“I call on local governments to also tighten social restrictions based on urban and suburban / rural contexts,” he said.

In the urban / urban context, he continued, local governments were asked to toughen the implementation of the WFH and limit the hours of operation of restaurants, entertainment and shopping centers until 20:00.

Meanwhile, in rural areas, local governments are asked to strengthen the implementation of social restrictions at the micro and community scale.

6. Tourists visiting Bali must have a PCR test

Especially for the province of Bali and others, the coordinating minister Luhut called for the health protocol to be tightened in resting area, hotels and tourist attractions.

“We ask that tourists who are going to fly to Bali must perform the H-2 PCR test before flying to Bali and require the rapid H-2 antigen test before traveling by land to Bali,” he concluded.

To regulate the mechanism, Coordinating Minister Luhut asked the Minister of Health Terawan, Head of BNPB and Menhub to establish the procedure immediately. “I ask for today’s POE [standard operating procedure] to use Quick test the antigen resolved immediately, “he said.

Governor Anies will also begin applying rapid antigens to communities entering through the airport.

As is known in the last week, the addition of new cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia has always been above 6,000 per day. Especially yesterday Monday (12/14/2020), the incorporation of new cases was 5,489 people.

However, the specimens examined were below the daily average of 42,006 specimens. Usually, the daily average examined is above 50,000 copies, so far it reaches 6,424,385 out of 4,308,544 people.

The cumulative number of positive Covid-19 cases reached 623,309. The recovered cases increased by 5,121, so the accumulated was 510,957, and the number of deceased cases increased by 137 or if the total reached 18,956.