CILEGON - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo and a number of ministers inspected the Merak-Bakauheni Crossing Security and Readiness Post ahead of Christmas and New Year's 2022 at Merak Harbor, Cilegon.

During the inspection at Merak Port, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo was accompanied by Banten Police Chief Inspector General Rudy Heriyanto with Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Head of BNBP Major General Suharyanto.

The working visit of the National Police Chief with the entourage of a number of ministers was in the context of preparing for the 2021 Christmas and New Year's 2022 Security at Merak Port, Cilegon.

"Facing the increasing mobility of passengers, we must increase vigilance, including the application of health protocol discipline (prokes). Thus, post-Christmas and New Year's 2022 we can control and suppress the spread of COVID-19," said the National Police Chief, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 22.

Sigit said suppressing the spread of COVID-19 was very important to increase economic growth. Likewise, next year there will be several large activities, both nationally and internationally, so it is necessary to be vigilant and control the spread of COVID-19 to increase economic growth.

"But on the other hand, we are faced with the presence of a new variant of COvID-19 Omicron, so we need to increase our vigilance," said the National Police Chief.

The National Police Chief and his entourage reviewed the security posts and service posts prepared by the Cilegon Police at Merak Port to ensure readiness in providing services for people who will go to Lampung and Banten.

The National Police Chief and his entourage also reviewed the implementation of vaccinations and random swab tests carried out at the Security Post and Merak Port Service Post.

The National Police Chief hopes that the implementation of Christmas and New Year's security at Merak Port can run safely, conducively, and the community can be well served.


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