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Are Jakarta residents ready for a lockdown?
Prof. Sulfikar gives a presentation in a webinar and press conference on the results of survey that examines public acceptance of a stricter social restriction policy in Jakarta, which came into effect on 14 September. The survey was conducted in collaboration with LaporCovid19.org with support from the city government of Jakarta. The webinar features a Governor Deputy of the Jakarta City Government, a member of Jakarta legislative body, and a noted economist.
Indonesia’s capital reimpose restrictions
Experts from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) told a news conference they expected hospitals in Jakarta to reach full capacity this month if stricter measures were not imposed and said the death toll could hit 3,000 in Jakarta by the end of October. “The slower we move, the harder it is to fight the pandemic, the more victims will fall,” Sulfikar Amir, a disaster sociologist, said.
When will hospital capacity in Jakarta breakdown due to Covid-19?
Prof. Sulfikar Amir and Dr. Fredy Tantri present a projection of the number of infection cases in Jakarta and its impact on hospital capacity and mortality rate. The online event also features the head of Health Bureau of the Jakarta city government.
Interview with Mata Najwa (Trans7TV)
Prof. Sulfikar Amir is interviewed in Mata Najwa where he explains his study on the projected number of Covid-19 cases in Jakarta
Risk Perception Survey in Jakarta
A survey on public perception of Covid-19 risk conducted by Social Resilience Lab in collaboration with LaporCovid19.org is covered on CNN Indonesia
Micro Lockdown
Prof. Sulfikar gives a keynote presentation at the International Conference on Crafting Madani Society 5.0 in which he presents a concept of Micro Lockdown to mitigate Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 Risk in Surabaya
Prof. Sulfikar is interviewed by TV One about his survey on risk perception towards Covid-19 in Surabaya
Latest COVID-19 Survey Finds Jakartans Unprepared for New Normal
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A joint survey by the Social Resilience Lab Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and crowdsourcing platform Lapor Covid19 claims that Jakartans are not ready to enter the new normal phase amidst the pandemic. NTU sociology of disaster expert, Sulfikar Amir, said that it can be proven by the low-risk perception level scored by Jakartans; 3.30.
“Overall, residents of Jakarta are yet ready to enter the new normal, at least until the risk perception levels are high enough that it scores above 4. Only then safety behaviors would be better,” said Sulfikar in a virtual press conference uploaded by
Lapor Covid19 on Monday.
Stigma, precarity deter Indonesians from getting tested for COVID-19
For the majority of people, economic considerations such as a loss of income are perceived to be just as important as public health, according to a joint survey of the Lapor COVID-19 community movement and Nanyang Technological University’s Social Resilience Lab. The survey compiled the responses of 154,471 people in Jakarta from May 29 to June 20. More than 80 percent of respondents said economic considerations were just as important as public health, while 16 percent said economic considerations were more important. Only 3 percent said public health was more important.
And while many people were against risking COVID-19 infection to stay economically afloat (64 percent), some 13 percent of respondents said otherwise. “It is concerning that there is still a group of people willing to get infected [to earn money],” said Sulfikar Amir, a disaster sociologist at NTU in Singapore who was involved in the survey, during a virtual press conference over the weekend.
Presentation on Risk Perception Survey
Prof Sulfikar Amir gives a detailed presentation to the Governor of Jakarta on the results of survey of risk perception conducted by Social Resilience Lab in collaboration with LaporCovid19.org.