SEMARANG - Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo appealed to local residents not to hold various Chinese New Year celebrations for 2022, in order to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
"(Imlek) doesn't have to be celebrated in a big way," Ganjar said in Semarang, as reported by Antara, Friday, January 28.
The number one person in the Central Java Provincial Government also asked all components of society to refrain from celebrating the Chinese New Year when the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 case was endemic.
"Yesterday, I received a report that Sam Poo Kong will not make a big celebration, only a closed celebration between those who manage it," he said. other.
According to Ganjar, the appeal not to hold crowd activities also applies to tourist attractions in Central Java. "Hopefully later it can be imitated, tourist attractions too," he said.
This year's Lunar New Year falls on February 1, 2022 and the government through a joint decree (SKB) of 3 Ministers Numbers 3 and 4 of 2021 regarding the determination of national holidays and current collective leave is stated that it is necessary to adjust the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
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