Crowded With Sports Citizens At HI Roundabout, Satpol PP: They Adhere To Health Protocols

JAKARTA - Head of Jakarta Satpol PP, Arifin said that the public's enthusiasm for outdoor sports is still high even though in the transition to Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) due to COVID-19. People are said to still adhere to health protocols.

"Like today, various community activities are still high, to exercise by using bicycles and then running, if we watch them wear masks with discipline," said Arifin to reporters, Sunday, October 25.

As a means of preventing the spread of COVID-19, Arifin said that his party continues to encourage people who work around the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout to keep moving. Thus, minimizing crowds and potential spread.

"Even though there are many people moving, they don't stop but keep moving. We also encourage them so they don't stay still, don't gather together in the form of stopping," he said.

With many people who are enthusiastic about participating in outdoor sports, his party together with the TNI-Polri always provide an appeal to the community. In addition, they also conduct patrols to crack down on people who do not implement health protocols.

"Education to the public is still to use masks, keep your distance, then wash your hands and so on," he said.

"Then there are also members of the patrol who are on the move, always to remind the people who are busy in the crowd to always remind us that we continue to monitor them, but we make sure they keep wearing masks," he continued.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan decided on a large-scale social restriction (PSBB) transition from 12 to 25 October 2020.

Anies argued that the relaxation of the PSBB from administration to transmission was based on the results of monitoring and evaluation of the DKI Jakarta Province COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force.