Regarding the certainty of the Jakarta PSBB, Doni Monardo emphasized that health is the government’s priority

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KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Covid-19 Task Force Chair Doni Monardo emphasized that the government will prioritize public health and safety by taking a position on the DKI provincial government’s plan to implement Large Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). However, the official position of the new government will be announced tomorrow, Sunday (9/13/2020).

“The announcement will be made to the public tomorrow, there will be certainty, harmonization of central and regional interests, and the most important thing is the safety of the community,” Doni said in a press release from the Covid-19 Emergency Hospital in Wisma Atlet, Jakarta, on Saturday (12/9/2020).

“Public health is President Jokowi’s priority. We hope that prevention (transmission) efforts will be our joint effort,” he continued.

Doni said the government represented by the Coordinating Ministers had just held a meeting with the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, and the Governor of Banten, Wahidin Halim.

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The meeting discussed DKI Jakarta’s plans to implement the full PSBB as the start of a pandemic. However, no conclusion has been reached at that meeting.

“For the results of the meeting to be further discussed by the DKI Regional Government, then the central government will be represented by a team of experts from the Working Group, together with representatives from ministries and agencies. (Meeting) tonight see you tomorrow morning, “he said.

Jakarta DKI Governor Anies Baswedan decided to pull the emergency brake and re-implement Large Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). Anies said this decision was made considering a number of factors, namely the availability of hospital beds that were almost full and the high mortality rate.

Therefore, the implementation of the transitional PSBB in Jakarta was revoked and the PSBB was re-implemented on September 14. Also read: The central government broadcasts its official position on the Jakarta PSBB tomorrow.

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“There are not many options for Jakarta except to pull the emergency brake as soon as possible,” Anies said at a press conference broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Jakarta DKI Provincial Government on Wednesday (9/9/2020).

However, various elements of the central government had different attitudes when responding to Anies’ decision to re-implement the full PSBB in DKI Jakarta. The Covid-19 Management Working Group and the Ministry of Health support this step.

However, the Jokowi Economy Ministers gave a negative response, including the Coordinating Minister of Economy, who is also the President of the Acceleration of the Management of Covid-19 Airlangga Hartarto. (Ihsanuddin)

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