Jakarta Made Quiet, Deputy Governor Of DKI Affirms New Year's Eve Supervision

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has confirmed that it will continue to monitor a number of points in the capital city on New Year's Eve to anticipate crowds of people.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria explained that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and Metro Jaya Police decided there would be no blocking of entry and exit for DKI Jakarta on December 31, 2021.

"Even if there is no blocking of entrances and exits of DKI, we together with Metro Police, TNI, Satpol PP, Dishub, and so on will carry out surveillance at several points in DKI Jakarta," Riza said after attending the Call for Disaster Handling Assignment at the Jakarta BPBD Office, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, December 29.

Riza also asked the public to be more vigilant and not euphoric on New Year's Eve because there was an increase in the number of cases of the new variant of COVID-19, namely Omicron.

In addition, the public is also asked not to travel abroad or outside the city, to tourism places, or other crowds that can increase human interaction.

"In the end, the potential for crowds can increase, causing the spread of COVID, especially there is a new variant of Omicron which in recent days has seen an extraordinary increase and transmission is faster," he said.

Meanwhile, Metro Jaya Police ensures that all restaurants or other entertainment venues are only allowed to open until 20.00 western Indonesia time, on New Year's Eve.

The operation time limit was implemented to prevent crowds from forming on New Year's Eve, which falls on Friday, December 31.

As many as 8,000 Metro Jaya Police personnel, as well as joint officers from the TNI and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will go around monitoring all business premises.

They will ensure that the place of business is closed according to the specified operating hours. If the police find a place of business that violates, the government will revoke the business license.