A survey conducted by LaporCOVID-19 (Report COVID-19) community reveals that Jakarta is not yet ready to enter the so-called ?new normal? as the capital is gearing up to ease social restrictions.? Based on the survey, the group has expressed concern that the new normal policy might instead cause a spike in transmission as there is low risk perception of COVID-19 among Jakarta residents.? The survey took place between May 29 and June 2 in collaboration with Singapore?s Nanyang Technology University (NTU) Social Resilience Lab. It was aimed at finding how Jakartans perceive the risk of COVID-19 using a risk perception index developed from sociological theories of risk. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 equals critically low, Jakartans scored 3.46 in the risk perception index, meaning they were between ?rather low? and ?rather high?.? NTU associate professor Sulfikar Amir said the score should be 4 or higher for the capital to apply the new normal policy.
