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Jakarta extends transitional PSBB amid rising COVID-19 cases, health-protocol violations
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he Jakarta administration announced on Sunday that it would extend the transitional period of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for another two weeks until Dec. 6 amid a recent surge of new COVID-19 cases and following a number mass gatherings that led to accusations of widespread violations of health protocols.
"The Jakarta administration can pull the ‘emergency brake’ if [Jakarta] sees a significant increase in new cases or a concerning transmission rate [...] On Saturday, the capital city recorded the highest single-day jump of 1,579 cases," Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Sunday.
He explained that based on a report from the University of Indonesia's Public Health Faculty (FKM UI) the rate of public compliance with COVID-19 health protocols had decreased significantly since the end of October.
As per Saturday, the rate of adherence to the mask-wearing policy was 65 percent, down by 10 percent compared with Oct. 19, he went on.
Meanwhile, the rate of public compliance with the physical-distancing and frequent-handwashing policies was recorded at 70 percent and 40 percent, respectively, at the end of October. However, they went down to 60 and 30 percent on Nov. 21.
"The data show that the decrease in public compliance with the health protocols is in line with the increase in new cases," Anies said.
He explained that the capital city had seen an 11.62 percent increase in new COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks after seeing a relatively declining trend in the previous weeks.
