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The provincial government officials after Jakarta's 493rd anniversary commemoration held at the city hall, Monday, June 22, 2020. (ANTARA/HO-Official Documentation)

A scientific study showed that the COVID-19 reproduction number (R number) in Jakarta had declined, indicative of being brought under control and a present on its 493rd anniversary on June 22, Governor Anies Baswedan stated.

"I had just received a report from the team of the Public Health Faculty of the University of Indonesia (UI) that showed that during the past two weeks under the transition period, the outbreak had been brought under control," Baswedan remarked during the anniversary commemoration at the Jakarta city hall on Monday.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta did not spike as expected since the study shows that today's R value across this provincial area had dropped to 0.98, he pointed out.

On March 16, prior to the government’s enactment of PSBB (the large-scale social distancing), Jakarta had recorded its highest R number value, touching four, while the threshold is 1, based on the assumption that every 100 people infected with COVID-19 would transmit the disease to 400 others.

Before the first period of enactment of PSBB on April 10, the figure had already declined to 1.5, and currently, as it dropped further under one, "it proves the hard work of all Jakartans."

This year's anniversary, bearing the theme "Jakarta Tangguh" (the Tough Jakarta), was chosen by the provincial government since it mirrors the eagerness and perseverance of Jakarta’s residents to fight this pandemic.

"This is such a present for Jakarta's people, as we celebrate the anniversary, since the pandemic that was rampant is currently being brought under control," Baswedan added. (ANTARA)