Jokowi calls for PSBB implementation not overdone

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo requested that the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) be evaluated, which was carried out to overcome the spread of Covid-19.

He asked that the PSBB application not be excessive, but also not too flexible in its application.

“This needs an evaluation, which ones are too applied on“It is too far away and which one is still loose,” Jokowi said in a limited meeting via video conference, Monday (4/5/2020).

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Jokowi said the evaluation was important considering that there were already four provinces and 22 city districts that were implementing PSBB.

The President added that the evaluation would strengthen the PSBB in these areas, which on average would enter the second phase.

“I want to make sure that this is implemented strictly and effectively and I see that several regencies and cities have passed the first stage and will enter the second stage,” said Jokowi.

“This evaluation is important so that we can make improvements in the cities or regencies that carry out PSBB,” he said.

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To keep in mind, PSBB is a strategy chosen by the government to break the Covid-19 chain of transmission.

The Indonesian government chose PSBB over the regional quarantine. The legal basis of the PSBB is contained in Government Regulation number 21 of 2020.

DKI Jakarta became the first region to implement the PSBB.

West Java also followed this step by implementing PSBB in the City and Bogor Regency, Depok City, and Bekasi City and Regency.

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