Preventing Omicron Spread, PKB Legislator Asks COVID-19 Task Force To Anticipate PMI Buildup At Airports

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission VIII DPR MF Nurhuda Yusro highlighted the circulation of videos of the accumulation of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport who had just arrived from abroad.

The PKB politician asked the COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) to anticipate the buildup of passengers who had just arrived from abroad in order to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant.

"We have clarified to the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) as the Chair of the COVID-19 Task Force regarding the circulation of the video. It is said that the video occurred last Saturday, December 18, 2021. According to him, it has been decomposed properly," said Nurhuda, Monday. , December 20.

From the sources he got, the PMI buildup lasted until early Sunday. One of the reasons is because the pick-up from Soekarno-Hatta Airport to the quarantine area only uses a fleet of one bus.

"I ask the COVID-19 Task Force to find a quick solution so that there will be no more buildup at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. For example, providing additional buses to pick them up at the airport, as well as providing additional quarantine alternatives," said the Secretary of the PKB DPP Cadreization Institute.

"I feel sorry for the many women and children, some are even still babies sleeping on the floor of Soekarno-Hatta Airport," he added.

It is known that PMIs from various placement countries arrived at terminals 2F and 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The PMIs must carry out quarantine in accordance with the Task Force Circular (SE) Number 25/2021. This policy for international travellers is effective from December 14, 2021 until a time specified later.

The problem, continued Nurhuda, is the Kemayoran Athlete's Wisma, Jakarta, which became a quarantine reference for PMI who was hit by a lockdown because there were cleaners who contracted the Omicron variant. Not to mention that there are still many PMIs who have not finished undergoing quarantine at the Athlete's House.

"There are a lot of bus fleets for pick-up, but those that drop off at Wisma Atlet have not dropped passengers because the quarantine rooms are not yet available," concluded Nurhuda.