Deputy Governor Riza Explains The Reasons For The G20 Agenda To Be Moved To Jakarta Even Though The Omicron Case Is High

Jakarta Deputy Governor Riza Patria/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOIOI

JAKARTA - The government has decided to move two important agendas for the physical G20 meeting from Bali to Jakarta to anticipate the spread of COVID-19 cases, the Omicron variant, which is currently increasing.

However, the current capital city also has high cases of COVID-19 and transmission of the Omicron variant. It was noted that Jakarta had 1,697 cases of the Omicron variant. Of the total infected, 1,166 people are foreign travelers, while the other 531 are local transmissions.

Then, why should the G20 agenda be moved? Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria explained the reason.

Riza explained, despite having many cases of corona, the achievement of vaccination in Jakarta is also high. Then, Jakarta has adequate international meeting support facilities.

"DKI has the advantage that the vaccine has more than 120 percent. Various supports, security, and infrastructure are much more ready as the nation's capital city," said Riza at City Hall, Wednesday, January 26.

The Gerindra Party politician said that the DKI Provincial Government would ensure that the implementation of the G20 would not be disrupted by the spread of COVID-19.

This is done by increasing the achievement of the third or booster dose of vaccination to monitoring the implementation of health protocols.

"Until the implementation of the G20, we have to make sure Jakarta is safe. The way is, we accelerate the booster vaccine, we increase surveillance, we increase monitoring, we also continue to provide sanctions for anyone who violates," he explained.

For information, the agenda for the 2nd FCBD and 1st FMCBG meetings was originally scheduled to be held on February 15-18, on the Island of the Gods. However, due to the current development of COVID-19, the two agendas were moved to Jakarta.

However, it is not known for certain whether the event in Jakarta will take the same time period as before in Bali or there will be a shift in the date of the event.

"Considering the development of COVID-19 at the global and national levels, especially from the Omicron variant which has a very high level of spread and considering the results of the G20 delegates' in person survey, it is hereby notified that the 2nd FCBD and 1st FMCBG will be moved from Bali to Jakarta. ” said Secretary I of the G20 Meeting for Logistics, Rudy Rahmayadi in his statement.

The 2nd FCBD and 1st FMCBG events are forums that are included in the Finance Track category, which were initiated by the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and Bank Indonesia.