Indonesia Highlights: Indonesians to Vote for Regional Leaders | Indonesia Praised for Disinformation Fight | Anies Baswedan Confident in Jakarta’s Covid-19 Mitigation Strategy

Member of the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Fritz Edward Siregar said that the Indonesian public has actively denounced the misuse of social media particularly as these platforms have become an integral part of daily life.

Fritz shared that Bawaslu received 45 reports on hoaxes comprising of 548 sites believed to stir disinformation.

Further evidence of the Indonesian public’s disinformation fight is through the various reports Bawaslu received regarding slander, sedition, and creating divisions.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/12/06/17065991/bawaslu-sebut-indonesia-dapat-respons-baik-internasional-soal-penanganan 

3. Jakarta Governor Confident in City’s Robust Covid-19 Mitigation Efforts

The Jakarta Governor cites the Covid-19 mitigation strategy in Jakarta and residents’ cooperative attitude in successfully controlling the virus situation in the city.

Moreover, he claimed that robust Covid-19 mitigation efforts in Jakarta helped the Covid-19 positivity rate and the fatality rate for the Indonesian capital city to remain at a safe zone.

“Per December 7, the positivity rate in the city is 9 percent thus is considered safe as it is under 10 percent. The fatality rate is low.”

Breaking the chain of virus transmission is the biggest challenge in the Covid-19 mitigation efforts in Jakarta specifically in getting the public to practice the provincial government’s 3M program.

The 3M program refers to washing hands, social distancing, and wearing a face mask.

Source: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2020/12/08/17183381/anies-penanganan-covid-19-di-jakarta-maksimal?page=all#page2