Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan reminding the public to remain vigilant against the spread of the corona virus (Covid-19). Luhut said that currently there was an increase in Covid-19 cases in the United States and Europe.
“Look, now America, Europe, the numbers have all gone up. So we have to be careful, I’ll leave it to you. So the numbers (cases) of Europe and America are now rising,” said Luhut at Polda Metro Jaya, Monday (15/11).
Luhut said the case of Covid-19 in Indonesia nationally had been sloping. However, he revealed that there are indications of an increase in cases in several districts and cities.
The Java-Bali PPKM commander also mentioned the PCR test policy for travellers that had been implemented. According to him, one of the obligations of the PCR test is to suppress the spread of cases in the regions.
“Now the United States wants to do that, in our country there are many and even cancel, yes,” he said.
Furthermore, Luhut said that there were several regions in Java-Bali that fell to level 1 in the implementation of PPKM this time. However, there are also districts/cities that have leveled up.
“There must be (areas that have dropped to level 1), but now the level is going to go up, there must be some, so we have to be careful,” he said.
The implementation of the PPKM level to deal with the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic in Java-Bali which began last November 2, ended today, Monday (15/11). Meanwhile, PPKM outside Java-Bali will only end on November 22.
Compiled from data from the national Covid-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) for the period 2-14 November 2021, it was recorded that DKI Jakarta was the province with the highest addition of Covid-19 confirmed cases compared to six other provinces.
Meanwhile, East Java (Jatim) is the province with the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 infection. The data is cumulative over the last 13 days.
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