Polda Metro Jaya Holds Candle Operation To Secure Christmas And New Year

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya will hold Operation Candles Jaya in the context of securing Christmas 2021 and New Year. There are 8,000 joint personnel from the TNI-Polri and the DKI Provincial Government.

"The total force is 8,000 personnel," said Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Tuesday, December 21.

Lilin's operation is planned for 9 days. From 24 December 2021 to 2 January 2022.

The Candles operation focused on places that were thought to be the location of the crowds. For example, economic centers, shopping centers to tourist attractions.

"Of course, in this activity there are restrictions in several places of activity such as hotels, entertainment venues, and also recreational areas," said Zulpan.

Candle operations are carried out to prevent and reduce community mobility. Especially also to avoid the spread of Omicron which is a new variant of COVID-19.

"This is one of our efforts in order to prevent transmission of the new variant of the Omicron corona virus," said Zulpan.