Bad News From Yogyakarta, Some Tourists Cannot Show Antigen Results

JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Municipal Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), which patrols a number of tourist objects, still finds several groups of tourists from outside the area who cannot show health identities, such as negative PCR results or rapid antigen tests or GeNose examination results.

"Today, we are conducting patrols at Taman Sari and GL Zoo. In both tourist objects, there are still several groups of tourists who cannot show negative rapid antigen results," said the Head of the Yogyakarta Municipal Civil Service Police Unit Agus Winarto in Yogyakarta, as quoted by Antara. from Antara, Thursday 11 March.

According to Agus, patrol officers in Taman Sari conducted random checks on five groups of tourists from outside the area, such as those from Cilacap, Salatiga, Pasuruan, Purbalingga, and Magelang.

Of the five groups of tourists, only the group from Pasuruan were able to show their health identities in the form of negative antigen rapid test results.

"The other four groups were then asked to leave the tourist location and return to their hometowns," he said.

Meanwhile at the GL Zoo, a random check was carried out on seven groups of tourists from Semarang, Surabaya, Boyolali, Sidoharjo, Magelang, and Klaten. All of them could not show their health identities, so they were advised to return to their places of origin.

Random checks of tourists' health identities will be carried out until the weekend in an effort to ensure that tourists who come to Yogyakarta are in good health.

"We urge all tourists who come to Yogyakarta to always apply health protocols and, no less important, carry a health identity. It can be from the results of PCR swabs, rapid antigen or GeNose. The aim is for the comfort and safety of themselves and others," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) for Cultural Heritage, Ekwanto, said that during the Isra Miraj holiday there was an increase in the number of visitors in the Malioboro area but this was not significant.

"There is no special handling. However, we will anticipate potential crowds," he said.

Therefore, the UPT Cagar Budaya coordinates with the Satpol PP of Yogyakarta City even though in routine assignments it is always carried out together with the security team in Malioboro, Jogoboro, supported by the TNI, police, and the Yogyakarta City Transportation Service.

During the Isra Miraj to Nyepi holidays, the zone capacity in Malioboro was lowered from the original 500 people per zone to 400 people per zone at a time as a form of crowd anticipation.

"We really avoid crowds because it can increase the potential for transmission of COVID-19. Although doing so is a tough task due to limited personnel," he said.

Checking the health identities of tourists is still carried out randomly and on Saturday, March 13, a random GeNose check is planned for 200 Malioboro visitors.