Meet Pangdam And Kapolda, Anies Baswedan Make Sure Travelers Return To Jakarta At Screening 2 Lapis

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JAKARTA - Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan mentioned that travelers who return to Jakarta after Eid will be screened or screened two layers.

This was decided in a coordination meeting of forkopimda ranks with Pangdam Jaya Maj. Gen. Dudung Abdurachman, Metro Jaya Police Chief Irjen Fadil Imran, and the High Prosecutor's Office of DKI.

"We held a coordination meeting to anticipate the surge in backflow after the Eid al-Fitr season. The conclusion of the coordination meeting will be two measures of tightening, monitoring the movement of residents entering Jakarta," said Anies at Balai Kota DKI, Central Jakarta, Friday, May 14.

Anies said that the first screening was conducted at the entrance to Jakarta. "For private vehicles, random screening will be conducted for those who enter," said Anies.

Meanwhile, for users of public transportation air, sea, and train, they have been held random screening antigen before departing. It can better detect if there are residents who enter the Jakarta area and have symptoms or potentially carry COVID-19.

Then, the second-tier screening is on a community scale. Later, the COVID-19 Task Force at the RT and RW level coordinated with the camat, lurah, Babinkabtibmas, and Babinsa to collect data on citizens entering the Jakarta area after Eid al-Fitr 1442 H.

Anies said that the chairman of RT and RW will be provided with a special application to do reporting twice a day on conditions in the region.

"The head of RT, RW, his task force will conduct monitoring. Therefore, all citizens who come will be monitored, checked the condition, ensured that the concerned are healthy, not symptomatic, and will be conducted rapid antigen testing," said Anies.

The former Minister of Education and Culture said that this step was made to prevent a spike in COVID-19 cases such as early January and February this year.

"We all realize that every movement of the population is quite large so in the week after the potential increase in COVID-19 cases there is always. Therefore we have a coordination meeting," he explained.

Known, the Ministry of Transportation released data related to the outflow of people from Jabodetabek during the tightening and prohibition of homecoming. The number of people coming out of Jabodetabek reached 1.5 million people, to several major areas such as Central Java, West Java, East Java, and Sumatra through Lampung.