Malang (malangkota.go.id) – The Malang City Government (Pemkot) attended the Coordination Meeting (Rakor) on the Revocation of the Implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) virtually from the Ngalam Command Center, Malang City Hall, Monday (2/1/2023).
Based on the results of the coordination meeting led by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, John Wempi Wetipo, SH, MH, the Malang City Government is ready to follow the new regulatory policies contained in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 53 of 2022 concerning the Prevention and Control of Corona Virus Disease 2019 During the Transition Period Towards Endemic.
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said there were three points that needed to be re-emphasized based on the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. On December 30, 2022, President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially announced that the Government had decided to revoke the PPKM policy.
The first point is that the public must increase awareness and vigilance in facing the risk of Covid-19. As with the use of masks in crowds and closed spaces must continue.
"Vaccination awareness must continue to be encouraged, because it will help increase immunity. The community must be more independent in preventing transmission, detecting symptoms and seeking treatment. Government officials and institutions will always be on standby where health facilities in all regions are ready with facilities and health workers," explained Deputy Minister of Home Affairs John Wempi about the second point.
He further stated that the government ensures that the vaccination mechanism in the field continues to run, especially vaccination. boost in the transition period. In addition, the Covid-19 Task Force, both at the central and regional levels, is maintained to respond to the rapid spread, so that regional task forces remain during the transition period.
"The third point, the assistance that will be continued in 2023 is social assistance, while vitamin and medicine assistance will remain available at designated health facilities and several tax incentives and others will continue," he added.
Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Panjaitan explained that this policy was implemented with various considerations, including the controlled Covid-19 pandemic situation, high levels of immunity in the community, better health capacity readiness, and rapid economic recovery.
"Although the PPKM policy has been stopped, we must remain vigilant, because the pandemic is not completely over. Monitoring of cases will continue to be carried out and vaccinations will continue." boost "continue to be encouraged. The role of the community continues to be encouraged to maintain the implementation of health protocols," he said.
As conveyed by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, the Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin added that the revocation of PPKM is a strategy for transitioning the pandemic to endemic which is carried out gradually by reducing government intervention and increasing community participation.
"The Health Emergency Status (Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 and 12 of 2020) remains maintained, following the WHO PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) status. The public is still advised to implement health protocols (caution in using masks, diligent hand washing, self-testing, and vaccination boost)," explained Health Minister Budi. (yul/yon)
