An evidence-based culture: implementing a large-scale social restriction policy on the COVID-19 prevention protocol in Jakarta

Abstract

COVID-19 has a severe and widespread impact, especially in Indonesia. One of the efforts of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in reducing the risk of spreading the virus is by implementing a Large-Scale Social Restriction (hereafter referred to as PSBB) policy. The hope of implementing this policy is to detain or even reduce active (positive) cases in Jakarta. In this paper, we conduct Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to analyze and evaluate the effect of the PSBB policy that has been made by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in minimizing the active cases and in increasing the number of tests in Jakarta. The results show that the PSBB policy was not directly able to limit the rate of active cases, but specific cases of people in intensive care were able to be suppressed. The results suggest that the other local governments can use EDA method in making further policies and interventions for handling COVID-19. The results also indicate that the public is expected to continue to take preventive actions, such as complying with health protocols established by the government.