Police Chief Prediction: 19 Million People Do Mobility During Christmas And New Year

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo

JAKARTA - The National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo estimates that tens of millions of people will move from one place to another ahead of Christmas 2021 and New Year's Day 2022 even though the COVID-19 pandemic is still happening. This estimate arises because of looking at the conditions of the previous year.

"We will face Christmas and New Year where there will be a shift in people carrying out activities. Last year there was a shift in people going home and this year it is estimated that 19 million people will carry out a series of activities," Listyo said while reviewing the COVID-19 vaccination. en masse in Bogor, West Java, Saturday, November 27.

Seeing this condition, Listyo said, all parties, including the National Police, are trying to suppress COVID-19 cases in the community, including through vaccination activities. Moreover, President Jokowi is targeting 70 percent of the people to get the vaccine by the end of December.

"This is a concern for all of us so that during the Christmas and New Years period, the pace of COVID control, the numbers of COVID that we have managed to keep from increasing, will not increase," he said.

"Because of the experience a few years ago, after Christmas and the New Year, there was a two-fold increase. After Eid at that time it reached the highest increase, so we want to make sure that we can complete the acceleration before Christmas and New Year," added Listyo.

Furthermore, he said efforts to suppress COVID-19 cases must continue to be carried out and maintain consistency. The reason, continued Listyo, is that people are starting to return to their activities and the economy continues to grow after the contagion conditions decreased.

"We hope that by controlling the rate of COVID-19, economic growth as well as activities both national and international events that we will carry out in the future can all go well," he said.

"This is very important for Indonesia's position in the eyes of the international community," concluded Listyo.