East Java Governor Orders ASN To Stock Masks In Vehicles: If You Meet One Who Doesn't Wear A Mask, Share

SURABAYA - East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa ordered all state civil servants (ASN) within the local provincial government to provide a stock of masks in vehicles to be distributed to people who do not wear masks.

"I ask that there is always a stock of masks in cars or motorbikes. If you meet people who don't wear masks, please share them," he said, in front of hundreds of ASN at the East Java Governor's Office on Jalan Pahlawan Surabaya quoted by Antara, Monday, December 27.

Khofifah advised that all ASN can continue to maintain compliance with health protocols, so that they become an example for the community, while at the same time fighting together to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In addition, Governor Khofifah also reminded ASN not to take leave or travel out of town, even abroad during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays.

This is as stated in Circular Number 800/7840/204.3/2021 dated December 6, 2021 concerning the prohibition of traveling and applying for leave on the 2021 Christmas and New Year holidays for ASN employees in the East Java Provincial Government during the 2019 Corona Virus Disease Pandemic.

In the SE, it is emphasized that ASN is prohibited from applying for leave or traveling outside the city or abroad, except for permission in emergency conditions, such as giving birth and taking official trips.

The ban, said Khofifah, is to prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant that has entered Indonesia.

"We still have to be very careful about its spread. This Omicron has become a vigilance in all countries," said the General Chairperson of the PP Muslimat NU.

"To all the ranks of the East Java Health Office, hospitals, including field emergency hospitals to volunteers, I ask to remain alert," said Khofifah.

Meanwhile, facing the New Year of 2022, Governor Khofifah invites all ASN to look at and equip themselves with a sense of optimism.

"In 2021 the tagline will be East Java Rising. So I order to look at 2022 with full optimism so that next year the tagline will be Optimistic East Java Rising," said the first female governor in East Java.