Jakarta extends transitional social restrictions, delays cinema reopening
A soldier helps a boy put on a face mask during an event to mark the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in East Jakarta on June 26. The boy was with his father (back, left), who was found violating PSBB measures and ordered to sweep the area as punishment. (JP/P.J.Leo). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.
JAKARTA, Jul 18, 2020, The Jakarta Post. Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Thursday that the capital would extend the transitional period of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for the next two weeks as the latest data have shown an increasing trend in new COVID-19 cases, The Jakarta Post reported.
As a consequence of this extension, the city administration would delay further relaxations, such as reopening of movie theaters, that were initially scheduled to be implemented at the end of July, Anies said.
“Since the start [of the pandemic] our commitment has been to keep Jakarta residents safe,” he said in a press conference on Thursday.
He explained that in the past week the capital city had recorded a 5.9 percent positivity rate, an almost 1 percent increase from the previous week.
“In the last five weeks of transitional PSBB Jakarta recorded a positivity rate of 4.4 percent in the first week, followed by 3.1 percent in the second week, 3.7 percent in the third week and 4.8 percent the following week. However, in the fifth week, the number increased to 5.9 percent,” Anies said.
“Even though the rate is still below the national average of 12 percent, it is still above the positivity rate recommended by the World Health Organization [WHO],” he added.
The positivity rate recommended by the WHO for reopening or relaxations is 5 percent or below.
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