We Don’t Know Emergency Brake

TANGERANG SELATAN, KOMPAS.com – The Banten Provincial Government has decided not to re-implement large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) strictly, as has been done by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

This was disclosed by Governor of Banten Wahidin Halim in the PSBB Evaluation Meeting with the Head of the Tangerang Raya Region and Forkompinda in Tangerang City, Friday (11/9/2020).

“We do not know the ’emergency brake’ but we continue to carry out the PSBB continuously in handling Covid-19 in Banten,” Wahidin said in an official statement, Friday night.

According to Wahidin, since last April the Tangerang Raya area, which includes the City and Regency of Tangerang, and South Tangerang, has continued to implement the PSBB.

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Unlike DKI Jakarta, which last June implemented a transitional PSBB with relaxes in a number of lines.

“Since the beginning, Banten has continued the PSBB. What distinguishes it at this time is that it is wider in regencies / cities than Tangerang,” said Wahidin.

The PSBB continues to be implemented to increase public awareness in implementing the Covid-19 prevention health protocol in all activities.

“Public awareness of health protocols has been good. But we will increase it again,” he said.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan finally pulled the emergency brake by strictly re-implementing the PSBB.

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The implementation of the PSBB, such as the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, will begin on September 14, 2020, replacing the transitional PSBB that has been implemented by DKI since last June 5.

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

The decision to re-implement the PSBB had to be taken due to several considerations. Starting from the death rate due to Covid-19, to the availability of beds in isolation rooms and ICU rooms that are running low in Jakarta.

So, starting next Monday, a number of community activities and office activities will be limited with the obligation to implement a work from home system.

In addition, other policies that were also enforced were strict restrictions on public transportation to limit the movement of citizens, and temporarily abolishing the odd-even rule for vehicles.

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