PPKM Level 2 Canceled in Greater Jakarta as Covid-19 Case Rate Drops
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6 July 2022 19:32 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Covid-19 mobility restriction or PPKM scale in Greater Jakarta is downgraded back to level 1, just one day after it was raised to level 2. The decision was made after taking into account the flattening rate of infection rates in the metro area.
"The consideration was [the number of] cases had started to slope down," the Home Affairs Ministry's director general for regional administration, Safrizal, said in a written statement, Wednesday, July 7.
Initially, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian issued an instruction, Number 3, declaring a Level 2 PPKM status for Greater Jakarta, effective from July 5 to August 1. He then issued another instruction, Number 55, easing the restriction back to Level 1.
The metro area is actually still showing level 2 of community transmission. But over the past week, the government saw a flattening trend, indicating that the peak infection period had been passed.
Another consideration is the low rates of mortality and hospitalization.
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