Anies Baswedan Asks Jakarta Residents To Restrain Themselves During Chinese New Year

JAKARTA - DKI Governor Anies Baswedan asked Jakarta residents to refrain from traveling during the Chinese New Year holiday on Friday, February 12. This is to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

This was conveyed by Anies because usually many Jakarta residents go out of town for holidays. On this holiday, Anies asked the citizens of Jakarta not to do that.

"If there is a long weekend, many Jakartans travel. We advise residents not to go far this time," said Anies in Jakarta, Tuesday, February 9.

According to Anies, when traveling outside the city, he is very vulnerable to contracting or transmitting this virus. For this reason, in order not to become infected or infectious, Jakarta residents are asked to refrain from taking holidays.

"Stay at home because transmission occurs while traveling. When you are together in the car, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, if one of you is unknowingly exposed to COVID-19, the other family in the same vehicle has the potential to be exposed to it. , "said Anies.

Even the transmission didn't end there. "Later, we will explain to the others at the destination. That's why we recommend that in the long weekend season tomorrow to stay at home, stay in Jakarta and we break this chain," said Anies.

The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia are currently increasing sharply. Even in one day, there were more than 10 thousand new positive cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

In fact, some time ago, new positive cases of COVID-19 reached a new record of 14 thousand people.