Anticipating Covid-19 spike outside Java-Bali
Local administration heads were asked to supervise tightly the implementation of the micro-scale public activity restrictions, from 6 to 20 July at the time when Java-Bali is imposing the emergency PPKM.
President Joko Widodo together with the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono (right) and Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Ganip Warsito (left) inspecting the Pasar Rumput Flats, Jakarta, Wednesday (7/7/2021) night.
The government has implemented PPKM Mikro in 43 regencies and municipalities in 20 provinces outside Java-Bali. The measures have been taken in the face of rising Covid-19 cases in those areas.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — With the spike in Covid-19 cases beginning to threaten in a number of areas outside Java and Bali, more anticipatory measures need to be taken to avoid a crisis in hospital capacity, oxygen procurement and health workers, as occurred in Java.