As the number of new cases continues to grow, restrictions on mobility need to be tightened; testing, tracing and hospital capacity must be expanded; and vaccination must be accelerated.

Public communication needs urgent improvement, especially in increasing awareness over implementing the health protocols. This will require simpler language and must involve more parties.

Jakarta and five other provinces in Java are the regions with the highest weekly increase in Covid-19 positive cases nationally. Health facilities are in danger of collapsing if there is no immediate intervention.

Clerics should also help encourage teachers and students to be self-disciplined in adhering health protocols to prevent the Covid-19 transmission in the community, especially their parents.

According to data from the Health Ministry, the number of new confirmed cases in the past week increased by 38.31 percent compared to the previous week.

The recent Covid-19 spike in several regions has been triggered by new virus variants that first emerged in other countries. The micro-scale public activity restrictions needs to be tightened to overcome the situation.

Many medical personnel complain that regents and administration officials have deliberately sat back from promoting PCR swab tests, only because they are wary about their regency being declared a red zone.

Synergy in overcoming the pandemic is needed. A number of regions have experience a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and need the help of the central government and other regions to overcome it.

The risk indicator analysis is an activity to assess the situation of readiness in the field as well as potential problems that may be encountered, such as the possibility of an increase in cases after Lebaran.

The spike in Covid-19 cases in a number of regions following Idul Fitri is an urgent matter that needs to be handled tactically and decisively. Enforcement of large-scale social restrictions could be one option.