Pandemic, DKI Residents Who Go Home Are Urged Not To Invite Families In The Village To Come To Jakarta

ILLUSTRATION / Palimanan Toll Gate (DOK. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, asked DKI residents who go out of town on joint leave not to bring their families back home to Jakarta.

The reason is that currently the COVID-19 pandemic is still being hit. It is feared that the transmission of the corona virus will soar after a week after the long holiday at the end of October.

"Currently, Jakarta has not finished with the virus. Therefore, to residents who have gone home, don't take their families together when they return to Jakarta because of course this will cause congestion," said Syafrin when contacted, Friday, October 30.

In this regard, Syafrin also said that his party was conducting monitoring at tourist attractions and restaurants during the long holiday, although currently Jakarta's density has decreased due to the large number of residents who go out of town.

As for tourist locations in Jakarta that are visited by many visitors during long holidays, such as in the Ancol area, Ragunan Wildlife Park, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, to Kota Tua.

"Indeed, from the number of visitors, our tourist attractions are not as big as last week because many residents turned out to be outside Jakarta. However, supervision is still carried out by the ranks of the Transportation Agency, Satpol PP, and Dirlantas Polda Metro Jaya.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan reminded the public to continue implementing health protocols in the family environment when carrying out long holidays. This appeal is related to the findings of 4,684 family clusters.

"The transmission of COVID-19 is not only in public places, but in private (private) spaces is high. The figure in Jakarta for the family cluster is 39 percent of the positive cases encountered are in families, the number of family clusters is 4,684 and the total is 36,659 positive cases. , "said Anies.

According to Anies, many COVID-19 transmissions are triggered due to weak health protocols in the family environment.

"When we are on public transportation, we discipline 3M. We are in a place where many of our people wear masks, but when we meet family, colleagues, people we know suddenly we feel that discipline drops. We often feel familiar, feel like brothers. not using masks properly, not maintaining distance, not washing hands, "said Anies.

For that reason, Anies asked the public to continue to carry out health protocols even in the family environment, especially during long holidays, which are predicted to be used by many people for holidays and visiting family.