Local Lockdown Still Slack in Krukut

Not surprisingly, the residents went on with their daily activities as usual as if nothing had happened, and clamped down only when the officers arrived.

KOMPAS/FRANSISKUS WISNU WARDHANA DANY

Government officials persuade residents to take the PCR swab test as part of tracing close contacts of positive cases of Covid-19 at RT 008, 010, 011, and 014 in RW 002, Krukut Village, West Jakarta, Monday (10/1/2022).

Residents and vehicles passed by residential areas in Neighborhood Unit (RT) 008, 010, 011, and 014 of Community Unit (RW) 002 in Krukut subdistrict, Taman Sari, West Jakarta. Nearby Krukut Market still seemed to be bustling with buying and selling activities. Students and their parents, who were either dropping off or picking up their children, gathered on the grounds of SD Negeri Keagungan 1-6 state elementary school.

This was the situation in Krukut subdistrict on the morning of Monday (10/1/2022). As a matter fact, at least four micro-lockdown banners were on display in the area after 36 residents were confirmed to have Covid-19, their tests indicating that they had suspected Omicron infections.