Government Tightens DKI Jakarta Movement To Prevent Omicron Transmission

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JAKARTA - The government is tightening the movement of people to and from DKI Jakarta as an effort to prevent the transmission of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the most common of which is local transmission in the capital. This was said by Spokesperson for Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Masduki Baidlowi, in a statement from The Press, Media and Information Bureau (BPMI) of the Vice President's Secretariat (Setwapres) quoted Antara as saying. "The vice president has given directions to tighten people going to Jakarta, there is no obligation yet. The president and vice president have given directions on how to tighten up people leaving Jakarta," said Masduki in his statement, Monday, January 17. He said transmission of the Omicron variant occurred more through local transmission than transmission from abroad. DKI Jakarta is currently the area with the most Omicron transmissions.

Therefore, the Vice President appealed to the public to increase awareness of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, strictly implement health protocols, and limit themselves from traveling abroad.

"Tightening it is by means of vaccination and must wear masks. So re-discipline activities related to outside parties and don't leave the house if it's not important," he explained. regulations and implementation of quarantine are reviewed to further suppress the rate of transmission. The vice president wants the implementation of the quarantine period for foreign travelers to be more stringent. "The vice president questioned certain incidents; for example, what happened in East Java after being declared negative by quarantine, but after returning he was positive and it turned out to be Omicron, so the number of days of quarantine needed to be tightened, especially from abroad. ," he said.