Jakarta Transitional PSBB Spreads, Epidemiologists Call Abuse



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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

The epidemiologist from Airlangga University (Unair) Surabaya, East Java, Windhu Purnomo joked about the application of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) Transition by Pemprov DKI Jakarta which he called “fake”.

Previously, the Jakarta Transitional PSBB was again extended for the next two weeks.

“If I say it is false, because the movement continues, people are in and out of Jakarta, the crowd is everywhere,” Windhu said when contacted. CNNIndonesia.com, Monday (11/23).

According to Windhu, the implementation of the transitional PSBB in DKI Jakarta worsened after the provincial government allowed a crowd of supporters of FPI officials, Rizieq Shihab, to gather.

Windhu said this had clouded efforts to deal with the corona virus pandemic that had been made so far. According to Windhu, the DKI Jakarta provincial government is the best compared to other provinces.

The daily testing rate in Jakarta tends to be high, the close contact tracing of Covid-19 positive patients is also massive. In the last week, from November 15 to November 21, the average daily check in DKI Jakarta reached 10,631 people.

Habib Rizieq Shihab greets the crowd at FPI Headquarters, Petamburan, Jakarta, on Tuesday (11/10/2020).  CNN Indonesia / Adhi WicaksonoCrowds of supporters of FPI officials, Rizieq Shihab, who have been allowed to tarnish the performance of the Jakarta provincial government so far in dealing with the corona virus pandemic (CNN Indonesia / Adhi Wicaksono)

Although the number of exams generally decreases over the weekends and the positivity rate in Jakarta is high, ie 13.5 percent, the number of exams in the capital in one day is still the highest.

“Only mistake was yesterday when there was an unusually large crowd and it actually eased. That’s a big mistake even though DKI is already good, so far the handling is the best, but it was damaged because of yesterday,” Windhu said.

The provincial government of DKI Jakarta, he continued, must also be aware of the buffer areas that are also a high-risk zone for the transmission of the corona virus. Among them are Karawang, Bandung City, Bekasi Regency, and Bekasi City.

Access in and out of Jakarta from the area is deemed necessary to be limited. That way, DKI Jakarta can keep the risk zone, which is orange or even improves until it turns yellow.

“Because the area around DKI is red, if there are no entry and exit restrictions, we will go through Jakarta again. Also, there are crowds,” Windhu said.

Previously, Governor Anies Baswedan again extended Jakarta’s transitional PSBB from November 23 to December 6, 2020.

“According to epidemiological data during the implementation of the PSBB for the Transition Period in the last two weeks, the conditions for the Covid-19 outbreak in Jakarta are still under control and are aimed at safety,” Anies said, quoted in a written statement, on Monday (11/23).

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