Omicron Detected In Indonesia, Minister Of Transportation Budi: We Must Not Be Like The UK Without Masks

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. (Photo: Doc. Kemenhub)

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi asked the public to remain disciplined and tighten the COVID-19 health protocol (Prokes) during the Christmas and New Year 2022 holidays. This is because the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has entered the country and from the experience of other countries, the variant It has an incredibly fast transmission.

As is known, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced that the finding of the Omicron variant case was detected in a janitor with the initials N who worked at the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran Jakarta Hospital, on December 16, 2021.

"We are waiting, unlike a moderate UK without a mask, we have to keep (wear) masks. Strict procedures and double vaccines are a must," virtual press conference 'Submission of Information on Transport Sector Performance in 2021 and Outlook for 2022', Tuesday, December 21.

Even so, the Minister of Transportation said he was optimistic that the government had made its best efforts to anticipate the spread of the new variant, especially during the Christmas and New Year 2022 periods.

"We see what the government has done in a certain period of time until now, Indonesia is relatively a good country in handling (the COVID-19 pandemic), God willing, if we maintain it," he said.

Budi said the government in every coordination meeting always discussed repeatedly discussing the possibility of the Omicron case in Indonesia. In these meetings, the government also always involves a number of experts from universities to study it.

"So how to handle and overcome the prokes, we will discuss in detail," he explained.