Insisting On Going Home, Riau Residents Will Be Accommodated In The Old Police School Building

JAKARTA - The Riau Provincial Government is preparing the old National Police School Building (SPN). This place will be used as a quarantine room for travelers who are desperate to go to Riau.

"In addition to facilities and infrastructure, we are also preparing health workers, however, we need a survey first," said Head of Riau Provincial Health Office Mimi Yuliani Nazir in Pekanbaru, as reported by Antara, Thursday, April 22.

According to him, after the survey was completed, it would be possible to find out what was needed in order for the building to be ready to operate as a quarantine room.

This building is needed, he said, according to the plan of the Governor of Riau that if there are people who are willing to go home to the province, quarantine will be carried out at the old SPN.

Meanwhile, the Riau Provincial Government will follow the central government regulations which enforce a tightening of the Eid al-Fitr homecoming on Idul Fitri 1442 Hijriah which takes effect from April 22 to May 5, 2021.

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo, after briefing the Coordination Meeting for Covid-19 and Disaster Mitigation at Regional Buildings, Pekanbaru, Riau, Thursday, April 22, said the addendum to Circular Letter Number 13 of 2021 began April 22, 2021. apply tightening going home.

Riau Governor H Syamsuar, Riau Police Chief Inspector General Setya Imam Effendi, Danrem 031 / WB Brigadier General M Syech Ismed, Head of BPBD Riau Edy Afrizal, participated in the Coordination Meeting for Handling COVID-19 and Disaster Mitigation.

The addendum signed by the Chairperson of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo on April 21, 2021 regulates the tightening of requirements for domestic travelers (PPDN) during D-14 eliminating homecoming (22 April - 5 May 2021) and D + 7 for eliminating homecoming (18 May - 24 May 2021).

Meanwhile, during the elimination of homecoming 6 - 17 May 2021, SE Task Force Number 13 of 2021 will still apply. The process of banning homecoming which was carried out earlier is to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The purpose of the circular addendum, said Doni, is to anticipate an increase in the flow of population movements that have the potential to increase the transmission of cases between regions in the period before and after the implementation of the elimination of the homecoming period.

Even so, Doni stated that with this ban on going home, the public should not be disappointed, because in fact the government would not allow the mobilization of people with the aim of going home and then eventually being exposed to the virus.

"Let us not be disappointed, this is solely for the safety of the Indonesian people. We do not want the mobilization to have an impact on the spread of the corona virus," said Doni.