National Police Chief Emphasizes Acceleration Of Vaccination Ahead Of World Superbike In Mandalika

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo with TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto at the Mandalika Circuit, Central Lombok, NTB/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo emphasized the importance of accelerating the vaccination program in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) ahead of the Asian Talent Cup and World Superbike Championship (WSBK) at the Mandalika Circuit.

"This will be a test for us whether we are able to carry out international events, but the growth rate of COVID-19 can be maintained," said the National Police Chief in a written statement quoted by Antara, Sunday, November 7.

To prevent the growth rate of the Corona virus, all parties are asked together including elements of the TNI, Polri, Health Service, volunteers, community and religious leaders to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination.

With the acceleration of vaccination, the former Banten Police Chief said that communal immunity could soon be realized, so that the implementation of international events could run well in terms of security and health.

"We always remind the acceleration of vaccination acceleration to ensure that our people have immunity and immunity to COVID-19," said the former Police Criminal Investigation Officer.

In addition to accelerating vaccination, Sigit also emphasized the importance of strengthening health protocols in the community. Because, this step is still a real effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19

"Health protocols must be implemented strongly, so that we can carry out events and the pace of COVID-19 can be maintained and we hope that economic growth will get better," said Sigit.

The National Police Chief is optimistic that the implementation of an international-scale event in NTB will run safely and pay attention to health factors. This is similar to the success of the XX National Sports Week (PON) in Papua some time ago.

"Some time ago PON XX went well while maintaining the progress. Thank God for the pace of COVID-19 at that time it was really manageable, so there was no third wave," he said.