Even Though COVID-19 Ramps Up In Bandarlampung, Restaurants And Cafes Are Still Checked For Health Protocols

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JAKARTA - The Bandarlampung City COVID-19 Handling Task Force continues to patrol the enforcement of health protocols (prokes) every night to suppress the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city.

"Although our city is still included in the safe zone for the spread of COVID-19, every night the enforcement of the procedure is carried out by the patrol team and the judiciary team," said spokesman for the Bandarlampung City COVID-19 Task Force, Ahmad Nurizki, Tuesday, August 2, quoted from Antara.

According to him, the night patrols carried out with the justice team are to ensure that people who are active at night can comply with the applicable prokes in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

"The team always goes around monitoring the implementation of COVID-19 procedures in crowded locations such as restaurants, cafes, entertainment venues, and others," he said.

Referring to the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 39 of 2022 regarding the extension of the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) outside the Java-Bali region, he is still waiting for its derivative.

"Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 39 was issued last night. However, what technical regulations are we are still waiting for the Governor's Instructions and the Mayor's Instructions for the technical details," he said.

However, he said that so far the Bandarlampung City Government has always obeyed the Central Government's instructions regarding the handling of COVID-19, as has been done regarding activities carried out both indoors and outdoors, must continue to apply procedures such as using masks and others.

"Although entertainment and other venues are allowed to open, they must also prioritize the project on the direct orders of the Bandarlampung Mayor as the Head of the Bandarlampung COVID-19 Task Force," he said.

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Bandarlampung City on Monday (1/8) increased by six, bringing the total number of positive COVID-19 cases to 17,069 with 16,150 people who have recovered and 842 deaths.