Minister Of Transportation Instructs Random Checks In Tourist And Shopping Areas

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JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi said, at a number of points to tourist attractions and shopping centers (malls) random checks will be carried out, to ensure mobility control and tightening procedures are implemented properly.

The Minister of Transportation explained that the public needs to be aware that during the Christmas and New Year holidays there will be around 11 million people traveling and the Omicron variant already exists in Indonesia.

"The main message to Nataru is tightening the prokes. If you can stay at home, it's better, but if you want to travel long distances, you have to be vaccinated twice and an antigen test 1 x 24 hours," said Budi Karya in a statement quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 23.

The Minister of Transportation said the review was carried out to check security post facilities and services, which had been alerted to anticipate a surge in mobility during the holiday period, especially in tourist attractions.

In addition, he also reviewed the mass vaccination activities throughout Indonesia organized by the Indonesian National Police at Taman Safari Indonesia, Bogor, West Java, which targeted 1.2 million doses of vaccine to achieve the target of 70 percent of the national vaccination rate by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Muhadjir Effendy, reminded people who travel long distances during the Christmas and New Year holidays to have a complete dose of vaccine and carry out an antigen test 1x24 hours.

"According to President Joko Widodo's direction, by the end of this year, the vaccination rate in all of Indonesia must be at 70 percent," said Coordinating Minister Muhadjir.

The National Police Chief, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, explained that his party had prepared security posts at a number of points during the holiday period, to ensure that supervision of the tightening process went well in the field.

"What is being done is in anticipation, because after the Nataru holiday last year there was a two-and-a-half-fold increase in Covid-19 cases," he said.

The National Police Chief said that at the security post, a vaccine booth was prepared that could be used by the public to vaccinate if they had not received the full dose of vaccine.

In addition, temporary isolation places are also prepared, if it is known that someone is positive for COVID-19.

"In the rest area, a security post has also been prepared, to check through the PeduliLindung application," he said.