Not Yet Effective, PPKM Darurat Needs to be Extended

An evaluation of the measures was urgent and needed to be done to find the underlying problem of their ineffectiveness, he added.

KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO

Police examine truck drivers who entered the Central Java-DI Yogyakarta border in Tempel District, Sleman, DIY, on  Wednesday (14/7/2021).

The continued spike in COVID-19 cases shows that the ongoing emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM Darurat) have yet to be effective. This calls for an extension with a systematic tightening of its surveillance.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — PPKM Darurat has been in place for almost two weeks but has not been effective in suppressing the rate of COVID-19 transmission. The number of confirmed positive cases continues to rise.