Semarang Mayor: Playing Italy Against England, But The Debate Still COVID, Come On...

SEMARANG - Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi reiterated the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in order to achieve herd immunity. The mayor, who is familiarly called Hendi, admitted that he received questions about COVID-19, in fact, "there was no one" to see the Euro final at Wembley Stadium, London, England.

"Sir, did you watch the Euro final last night, Italy versus England, Italy won on penalties. One stadium doesn't wear a mask, it means that COVID doesn't actually exist," said the Mayor of Semarang, Monday, July 12.

Mayor Hendi emphasized that the Wembley Stadium crowd was full when Italy played England in the final because they had been vaccinated against COVID-19.

"COVID is there, the problem is that everything has been vaccinated," said Hendi speaking in Javanese.

“A little bit of COVID, rest, recover. Those who are here because the vaccine has not been evenly distributed in the fourth quarter of COVID-19 can go away. This means that let's intensify the vaccine for Semarang to be healthier, more powerful," he said.

Police arrested doctor Lois Owien for spreading false news about COVID-19. In this case, Lois Owien will be charged with the Infectious Disease Outbreak Act.

"One of them (the alleged article)," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Monday, July 12.

Rules regarding Communicable Disease Outbreaks are contained in Law number 4 of 1984. However, Kombes Ramadhan emphasized that he could not explain in detail the articles and rules that would be suspected against Dr. Lois Owien. The reason is that the inspection process is still ongoing.

"It's still under investigation. The arrest is 24 hours, how will it be determined. So we can't determine the article yet," he said.

Doctor Lois Owien was arrested by Polda Metro Jaya on Sunday, July 11, at around 16.00 WIB. The arrest was the aftermath of his statement which stated that patients or people who died were not caused by the COVID-19 virus but because of excessive drug interactions.

In addition, Lois Owien also said that the drugs used for COVID-19 patients cause complications in the body.

Although arrested by the Polda Metro Jaya, the handling of the case of Doctor Lois Owien has been delegated to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.