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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
President Joko Widodo stated that the policy of restricting community activities (PPKM) in Java and Bali to suppress the spread of the corona virus (Covid-19) is ineffective.
“I want to broadcast on the PPKM, from January 11 to 25, we have to say what it is, this is not effective,” Jokowi said in a video of the limited meeting uploaded by the Presidential Secretariat’s account on Youtube, on Sunday ( 31/1).
Jokowi said that the ineffectiveness of the PPKM could be seen in the high mobility of people, which is why in several provinces the positive cases of Covid-19 continued to increase.
Jokowi said that the essence of PPKM at the moment is to reduce or even prevent community mobility to reduce the transmission rate of Covid-19. However, in its implementation, the policy is not firm.
According to him, the firmness and consistency of the implementation of these policies are necessary to obtain the desired results.
“The essence of this PPKM limits mobility, but what I see in its implementation is that we are not firm and inconsistent,” he added.
Jokowi also showed that PPKM had an impact on the economic downturn. He said that the problem of economic decline should not be of concern, as long as PPKM could reduce the positive cases of Covid.
“There is a PPKM economy going down. Actually, it’s fine as long as Covid goes down, but it’s not. In my opinion, try to see it again, please calculate it, count it, so we can get a formula,” Jokowi said.
“The standard formula does not exist. Other countries do not exist. The one that does not exist, the blockade is exponential,” he added.
 Infographic list of regions to implement Java-Bali PPKM. (CNN Indonesia / Basith Subastian) |
On that occasion, Jokowi instructed the TNI commander, Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, the head of the National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, to participate more frequently to give examples of discipline. in the implementation of public health protocols.
“What I want to hear is how is the implementation of the field. Maybe later the Ministry of Religion will involve religious figures, what kind of TNI, what kind of police are there and the Coordinating Minister that could push this to really happen in the field, “he said.
The former mayor of Solo also asked related officials to involve as many experts and epidemiologists as possible. It is hoped that the participation and cooperation of experts with the government will result in better and more comprehensive policy designs.
The PPKM policy has lasted two volumes. The first volume of PPKM will run from January 11 to 25, 2021. Meanwhile, the second volume will run from January 26 to February 8.
By implementing PPKM volume II, the government has relaxed a number of regulations, one of which is that the government allows shopping malls or restaurants to operate until 20.00 WIB. In fact, in the first volume of PPKM, both malls and restaurants could only operate until 7:00 p.m. WIB.
Covid-19 positive cases actually skyrocketed rather than decreased during the two-volume PPKM. It is recorded that from the first volume of PPKM to the second volume of PPKM, which has only lasted six days, the positive cases of Covid in Indonesia have increased by 228,502 cases.
Altogether, from the start of the pandemic until Sunday (1/31), the number of positive cases in Indonesia reached 1,078,314 cases. Of these, 873,221 were declared cured and 29,998 died.
(dmr / ugo)
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