Coronavirus news Indonesia

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics experts and alumni of the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) predicted the end of the COVID-19 pandemic by using a mathematical probabilistic data-driven model. It shows the spread of coronavirus in Indonesia will stop by the end of May this year.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Dicky Pelupessy, member of the Social Panels for Disaster Team, said that a survey he held showed 68.6 percent of Indonesians working in urban areas will keep their homecoming tradition, known as mudik for Eid, despite risks of Covid-19 transmission. Meanwhile, 21.3 percent of the respondents will travel outside of town for other purposes.

Based on his survey, Dicky asked the government to anticipate and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the countryside.

Fred wrote:

As with all models, this has to be taken as possibility rather than fact as nobody has accurate numbers and things can change quickly, but we can hope

https://en.tempo.co/read/1326714/profes … urce=dable

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics experts and alumni of the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) predicted the end of the COVID-19 pandemic by using a mathematical probabilistic data-driven model. It shows the spread of coronavirus in Indonesia will stop by the end of May this year.

Well we can all dream, but my guess is that we have already exceeded the professor's predicted 6,200 Covid-19 infections in the country and we'll need lots of prayers and widespread lockdowns in order to meet his May deadline for ending the pandemic. Would be good though if he's right.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Online ride-hailing companies, GoJek and Grab, no longer provide motorcycle taxi (ojek) service on its apps as Jakarta starts imposing the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) policy.


On Gojek app, icon GoRide for ojek was even scraped. But other features, such as GoCar and GoFood are still accessible.

Meanwhile, Grab’s ojek feature, GrabBike, can still be found on its app but when it is clicked, the user is be diverted to GrabCar service.

Shill88 wrote:

Australia looking at a long term overseas travel ban - not good news for the Bali tourist industry.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal … 54iw4.html

Many politicians are doing whatever they can to exploit the pandemic for their own reasons, none of them anything to do with either reality or common sense, but plenty to do with political gain in whatever form.

Shill88 wrote:

Welcome to Indonesia.

Australia, if you care to read your own link

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The police have arrested people accused of spreading fake news about the coronavirus. Hoaxes might be a reaction to the lack of transparency from the government.

THE arrests of people accused of spreading fake news about the coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19, outbreak is going too far. The National Police should stop using these repressive methods. The most effective way to clampdown on hoax news is to provide transparent information about the disease that has now become a global pandemic.

The piece tells us how the government is bad because they arrest people spreading stories likely to cause panic, then goes on to state

In this time of pandemic, the people are inclined to panic.

It's unlikely this journalist will be nominated for a Pulitzer prize or membership of Mensa on the strength of that piece.

Edit - The UK has a similar issue, and is taking action against those who spread rubbish, Icke and a London based company in this case. The UK has an especially stupid tin foil hat theory that says 5G towers spread coronavirus, something I have yet to hear in Indonesia as far. The laws over there are less aggressive than Indonesia's version but can still bite hard against broadcast companies stupid enough to give idiots a platform.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52228046

TEMPO.CO, Bandung - West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) for Bogor, Depok, and Bekasi (Bodebek) will be imposed starting Wednesday, April 15.


“We will coordinate it and decide to implement PSBB in the five regions (Bogor City, Bogor Regency, Depok City, Bekasi City, and Bekasi Regency) on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, for fourteen days,” said Ridwan during an online press conference in Pakuan Building, Bandung, Sunday, April 12.

After the fourteen days, his side will evaluate whether the strict physical distancing introduced to curb the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread will be continued or dropped. According to him, the Health Ministerial Decree on the approval of the PSBB status for the five regions had been received on Saturday afternoon, April 11.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Government spokesperson for COVID-19 Handling, Achmad Yurianto, has urged people to not believe in hoaxes that are being spread around the coronavirus, saying the government has so far detected 1,125 false news stories.

"There are already heavy challenges (for the country), in terms of health risks, and for the economic sector. We must make sure that we do not add more psychological burden (on citizens) from false news or information," he said at a press conference on Thursday for the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling in Jakarta.

Believing in hoaxes related to COVID-19 will add to psychological pressure and make it even more difficult for those staying at home to stem the spread of coronavirus infections, he elaborated.

Out of the inspected 215 workplaces, 190 were handed official written warnings.

According to the data provided by Jakarta’s Department of Manpower, Transmigration, and Energy, the 25 workplaces that were forced to close its operations are spread across Central Jakarta (8), West Jakarta (11), and South Jakarta (2).

The government maintains that the aforementioned workplaces are not corporations exempted by the PSBB social restriction to continue operations and that it has acted under the Governor’s  Regulation No.33/2020 Article 10.

Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo officially issued a ban on mudik, the annual exodus of millions of people from the country's urban centers at the end of the Ramadan fasting month, on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

"I have made the decision to ban everyone from returning to their hometown," Jokowi said during a limited cabinet meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.

The decision to impose a nationwide ban on the Idul Fitri exodus was based on the government's own evaluations.
The Transportation Ministry indicated that 68 percent of Indonesian Muslims have decided to cancel their mudik plans this year, 24 percent are insisting they would carry on...

Posts from Indonesian language newspapers confirm it

https://finance.detik.com/berita-ekonom … -melanggar

Jakarta. The head of the Indonesian Bureau of Logistics, or Bulog, Budi Waseso, said on Monday that Indonesia has enough supply of rice to last during the coronavirus pandemic. As of April 17, Bulog still has 1.41 million tons of rice in its warehouses across the country.

"We have 1.35 million tons in government warehouses and 56,000 tons for commercial purposes. It should be enough to last during the pandemic," Budi said during a teleconference with the House of Representatives' Commission VI.

To maintain the rice supply and keep prices stable, Budi said the bureau plans to obtain 950,000 more tons of rice in 2020, around 69 percent of which will be bought directly from farmers throughout April–June.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Transportation Ministry has decided to ban public and private vehicles carrying travelers headed home for Eid al-Fitr from passing through COVID-19 red zones.

"We have prepared a scheme under which public transport vehicles, private cars, and motorcycles will be prohibited from entering and leaving red zones once ‘mudik’ (annual Eid exodus) is banned," director general of Land Transportation of the Transportation Ministry, Budi Setiyadi, said here on Tuesday.

Several regions, including Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek), have implemented large-scale social restrictions to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission.

Setiyadi said once the ban on ‘mudik' takes effect, traffic on roads heading from and to red zones would be restricted rather than blocked.

"We have opted for traffic restrictions -- only passenger cars will be banned, while cars carrying goods or logistics (service providers) would still (be allowed to) move on the roads," he explained.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that the ban on the annual Eid al-Fitr holiday exodus will be enacted since April 24.

"The ban on mudik (holiday exodus) will be effective from Friday, April 24. There will be sanctions, but the imposition of the sanction that we have already prepared will only be effective from May 7," Pandjaitan, concurrently the acting transportation minister, stated here on Tuesday.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has officially barred all citizens from traveling to their hometowns during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations to thwart the transmission of COVID-19.

The decision was taken on the basis of an evaluation conducted by the Transportation Ministry.

"Considering the situation and condition, we have conducted three surveys, with the last one on April 13 and April 15. We found that some 20 percent of the people are insisting on mudik regardless of the government's calls to restrain from partaking in the holiday exodus," he noted.

The survey indicated that 24 percent of the people were planning trips irrespective of the virus outbreak, although 68 percent others would not have the annual tradition this year.

"Based on the survey, the government has decided to ban mudik during Ramadhan and Eid al-Fitr for citizens in Greater Jakarta as well as regions that have imposed the Large-Scale Social Restriction (PSBB) and red zones for the coronavirus outbreak. To this end, I think the local governments will make further arrangements," Pandjaitan elaborated.

Jakarta. The large-scale social restriction in the Indonesian capital has been extended by another four weeks until May 22 to contain the spread of coronavirus, Governor Anies Baswedan announced on Wednesday.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State-owned railway operator PT KAI overseeing the operation area 1 in Jakarta will stop all departures and arrivals in both of their long-distance and local trains starting on Friday, April 24, in an attempt to break the coronavirus chain.

This decision will be made effective as the central government imposes a ban against homecoming traveling, which is known locally as the annual “mudik” tradition.

“The long-distance train services that will shut down its operations are those departing from Gambir, Pasar Senen, and Jakarta Kota Station,” PT KAI operational region 1 spokesperson Eva Chairunisa wrote in Thursday’s release.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Transportation Ministry was set to charge people violating the ban on Ramadan mass exodus or mudik with Rp100 million fine and one-year imprisonment at maximum as noted in the Law No. 6/2018 regarding Health Quarantine.

Gwmeath wrote:

Vast reduction with choice and stock in two malls earlier, granted probably not food most indonesians would shop for

I've noticed luxury items like Rice krispies (my favourite), Tabasco sauce, and a few other things are as rare as it gets, and vitamin tablets and C100 lemon have also all but disappeared disappeared.
I normally buy a C100 once or twice a week because it's delicious, and 4 of my favourite vitamin tablets once a week when we do the big shop, but both have been all but missing since the lockdown.
Dettol antiseptic is returning to the shops but you're limited to 2 bottle. That's fine as 2 small bottles will last a good while. We always use Dettol antiseptic soap for hand washing, have done since I moved to Indonesia, so I'm happy to report that's never been out of stock
We normally buy all disinfectants, cleaning stuff, and washing machine powder for a month anyway, so shopping habits for that stuff have hardly changed.
A few other items have also disappeared, but all the normal stuff like rice, meat, and veggie is all easy to find. Onions went to stupid prices, dropped when Jokowi imported a ship load of the things, but the price is going up again at the moment.
Ramadan stuff is available in whatever quantities you want - I'm guessing shops ordered stocks before this mess so have a lot they're unlikely to sell as the traditional hari raya visiting is very likely to be off this year. Sad as it's a wonderful social occasion.
Oddly, I've noticed an increase in the number of bananas in shops and the quality has improved, so I'm eating a lot of those at the moment. Banana sandwiches - Yummy.