JAKARTA – Various ways have been done by the government to prevent the spread of the corona virus or COVID-19 in Indonesia. One of them is through the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) which released the PeduliLindung application, some time ago. But is this application effective?
VOI had a chance to talk with the Executive Director of the ICT Institute as well as Multimedia and IT Observer, Heru Sutadi. To us, Heru said that he or many people had not felt the benefits of an application that was claimed to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
“This application is also used in other countries such as Singapore and South Korea. However, the benefits are not felt and only invite people download and install but cutting the COVID chain does not work because there is no connection with the national data and what he said is that if we go to the red zone or yellow zone, we will get a notification, “Heru told VOI, Thursday, June 11.
Heru explained that the application of this system made by Kominfo was a little late from the start. The non-integration of user data who has registered with patient data also does not operate properly.
“We won’t know that other people have COVID-19 with the application, but (do or through) rapid test and swab test, “said Heru.
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Not to mention the many overlapping regulations, as if the user identity data stored in this application is retroactive. One example of this is the Entry and Exit Permit (SIKM), as a result the monitoring system of the PeduliLindung application is not effective.
Because, users of this application can be in certain zones without a warning from PeduliLindingi. According to Heru, it is unfortunate if this application will only display warning notifications or just information to comply with health protocols.
“The problem is there. The green zone alone may not be green, but yellow or red. The data is not precise. Not to mention that those of us who also don’t want to share data and official agencies must also enter data in real-time. real-time open and real time data but test results five days ago. “There was even data 12 days ago because the PCR test results were slow,” Heru explained.
The same thing was conveyed by observer and technology expert Teguh Prasetya, who said that the PeduliLindung application could not be a reference to reduce the spread or monitoring of COVID-19. Plus there is still a lack of socialization and understanding of the community to activate this kind of application.
So it is not surprising, if the number of alertness and public awareness of this disease has gradually decreased. As a result, this application will only be a tool specifically for patients under surveillance (PDP) or people under surveillance (ODP) for COVID-19.
“This application is only a supporting tool to monitor and provide alerts, of course there are also many limitations there, so it cannot be the only reliable way to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Teguh said.
Added Features
Meanwhile, Kominfo recently also plans to add new features to the PeduliL Protect application, one of them e-certificate results from a swab test or rapid-test.
“In the future we will enter e-certificate, if you have swab or rapid-test later input it to the QR Code PeduliL Protect, “said the Director General of Post and Information Technology Implementation (PPI) Kominfo Ahmad M. Ramli, in a recent webinar broadcast via Kominfo’s Youtube channel.
Ramli explained, this would make it easier for the community if they wanted to travel outside the city or use an airplane, by only showing the certificate of having carried out a COVID-19 test in the application.
However, according to Heru, SIKM is not easy to find even though it is in digital form because it often experiences problems with its servers. Though this should be easy to obtain.
“Then, with the application, who enters the data? How long will the data be entered? Because the valid period of rapid test or PCR is only a few days. If you enter the application, care for protection, is it limited for domestic. How about traveling abroad? requested hardcopy, including in the destination country as well hardcopy, “explained Heru.
Meanwhile, Heru hopes that the application language can be used if all tests are done free of charge, so the results can be seen in the application.
“Meanwhile, if you pay, you already use your personal pocket, you want quick results to be obtained and used for traveling conditions. So that you don’t waste it, all conditions must be considered and considered first,” he added.
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