Pemerintah Perluas PPKM Darurat di 15 Daerah Luar Jawa-Bali
Indonesia to Widen Coronavirus Curbs to 15 Locations
Editor : Kemal A Praghotsa
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PEMERINTAH resmi memperluas Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat (PPKM) Darurat di luar Pulau Jawa dan Bali. Sebanyak 15 daerah di luar Jawa dan Bali resmi diberlakukan PPKM Darurat, mulai 12 Juli sampai 20 Juli 2021.
"Pemerintah mendorong beberapa daerah untuk memberlakukan pembatasan darurat," kata Menko Perekonomian Airlangga Hartarto, Jumat [09/07].
Menurutnya, perluasan PPKM di sejumlah daerah agar memutus penyebaran Covid-19 varian Delta di Indonesia.
15 daerah tersebut di antaranya Kota Tanjung Pinang, Singkawang, Padang Panjang, Balikpapan, Bandar Lampung, Pontianak, Manokwari, Sorong, Batam, Bontang, Bukittingi, Berau, Padang, Mataram, dan Kota Medan.
Indonesia telah mencatat 2,4 juta kasus virus corona dan 64.000 kematian secara keseluruhan, tetapi itu telah meningkat pada tingkat yang mengkhawatirkan, dengan kematian harian sebanyak dua kali lipat pada minggu pertama Juli.
Tercatat 38.124 kasus baru dan 871 kematian pada hari Jumat.
Tingkat vaksinasi rendah pada 5,4% dari 270 juta penduduk Indonesia, seperti dikutip dari Reuters yang dilansir MailOnline.
Sejumlah vaksin Moderna diharapkan tiba minggu depan, kata Menteri Kesehatan RI Budi Gunadi Sadikin pada hari Jumat, untuk digunakan sebagai suntikan penguat mRNA bagi petugas kesehatan, langkah serupa yang diambil oleh Thailand.
INDONESIA will impose emergency restrictions on islands beyond Java and Bali, the epicentre of its current coronavirus wave, a minister said Friday, to try to slow the deadly spread of the Delta variant across the world's largest archipelago.
The measures will be applied to 15 locations, including 13 cities, in Kalimantan and the islands of Sumatra, Papua and Lombok and come a week tight containment measures were imposed on Bali and on densely populated Java.
"The government is pushing several regions to impose emergency restrictions," chief economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto told a news conference.
They will take effect on Monday and include mall closures, a halt on restaurant dining and employees in all but non-essential sectors must work from home.
Indonesia has recorded 2.4 million coronavirus cases and 64,000 deaths overall, among the highest tolls in Asia, but those have accelerated at an alarming rate, with daily fatalities as much as doubling in the first week of July.
It recorded 38,124 new cases and 871 deaths on Friday.
The vaccination rate is low at 5.4% of Indonesia's 270 million population.
A batch of Moderna vaccines are expected to arrive next week, health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Friday, to be used as mRNA booster shots for healthcare workers, a similar move taken by Thailand.
According to independent data group Lapor COVID-19, 131 healthcare workers, mostly recipients of the Sinovac vaccine, have died since June, including 50 in July.
Health services are overwhelmed and requests to help people find a hospital bed or oxygen tank have been shared on social media, while reports of those who died trying are rising.
More than 360 people have died in self isolation since June Lapor COVID-19 data showed.
Some cities have reported oxygen shortages and one social organisation in Yogyakarta said there was a scarcity of coffins and body bags there.
