Yogyakarta Holds Random Rapid Antigens At Tourist Places Until The New Year

DOC ANTARA

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta City Health Office will conduct random antigen rapid tests at a number of tourist attractions and other public places until the end of the year-end holiday as an effort to reduce the potential for COVID-19 transmission.

"This activity is one of the requests from the Yogyakarta COVID-19 Handling Task Force to anticipate the potential for transmission of the virus," said Head of the Yogyakarta City Health Office, Emma Rahmi Aryani, quoted by Antara, Monday, December 27.

Previously, a team from the Yogyakarta City Health Service only ran random antigen rapid tests in Malioboro every weekend, Saturday and Sunday.

However, when entering the year-end holiday, a number of tourist attractions and other public places in the city of Yogyakarta were also subjected to rapid antigen examination.

"Today, we opened a checkpoint at Taman Pintar Yogyakarta and the next day we will move from one location to another," she said.

A number of locations that were targeted for random antigen rapid tests were North Square and South Square for the next two days, continued to GL Zoo, and the next day to Taman Sari.

The examination activity was opened for two hours from around 10.00-12.00 western Indonesia time with about 30 antigen reagents prepared.

"The results of the examination will be connected directly to the PeduliLindungi application," she said.

On weekends or during the 2022 New Year holidays, activities will again be carried out in the main tourist area in Malioboro.

Previously, the Daily Chair of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Heroe Poerwadi said the random antigen rapid test examination was part of an effort to anticipate the potential for COVID-19 transmission in the midst of sloping cases in the city of Yogyakarta.

"Tourists who come must meet the travel requirements and be in good health, so that they return home in good health," he said.

Heroe, who is also the Deputy Mayor of Yogyakarta, said that one of the potential cases of transmission is from traveling outside the region.

“Both from travelers from outside the region or people who interact with residents who travel outside the region. That's why health protocols must be carried out with discipline plus random antigens," he said.