COVID Has Not Yet Subsided, DPR Asked The Community To Be Kangen Resistant, Support The No Homecoming Policy

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission V DPR RI, Syarief Abdullah Alkadrie, assessed that the government's ban on Eid Al-Fitr 2021 homecoming is correct.

He also asked the public to understand because the condition of the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia had not been controlled.

"This decision is considered good for minimizing the potential for the spread of COVID-19. The problem is that we are not safe yet," said Syarief, Friday, March 26.

Moreover, he continued, vaccination in the country was not evenly distributed. "The number of vaccinations has not reached half (targeted vaccinations)," he said.

According to him, the gathering at Eid al-Fitr celebrations can be done without having to go home, namely by using technology.

"If you want to let go of you, you can do video calls, telephone calls. I think there are no boundaries," he said.

Syarief is in fact worried that if this year's homecoming is permitted, the spread of COVID-19 cases will increase so that it will make the government's tasks even more difficult.

"Those who came were affected by (COVID-19, red) causing inconvenience in the areas they visited," he said.