Issue Instruction On Health Protocol, Ministry Of Home Affairs: According To Jokowi's Direction

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JAKARTA - The Director General of Regional Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Syafrizal ZA, said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (Inmendagri) Instruction Number 6/2020 concerning Enforcement of Health Protocols (Prokes) for Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 is in accordance with President Joko Widodo's direction.

Syafrizal explained that President Jokowi did not want the handling of COVID-19 which had so far been disrupted due to negligence in implementing health protocols in the regions.

"Of course the President ordered (the Minister of Home Affairs) to please remind all regional heads that the efforts we are doing, the victims who have fallen from the health personnel, the authorities, the community should not be repeated. We are restarting efforts which have been flat today. "he said, in a virtual discussion, Sunday, November 22.

According to Sayfrizal, Jokowi did not want the number of cases of death to continue to increase in the midst of the improving trend in handling COVID-19. Therefore, local governments must consistently prevent crowds. But humanistically.

Humanist prevention, said Syafrizal, would benefit from various sides. For example, crowding can be prevented from an early age, and prevent social conflict if crowds do occur.

The Deputy Head of the COVID-19 Task Force said that the Ministry of Home Affairs is trying to support Jokowi's policies by regularly meeting regional heads. The meeting at the same time reminded us of the importance of monitoring the implementation of health protocols.

"An event that causes a crowd can cause mental collapse and can disrupt the handling of COVID-19. So it requires tolerance and cooperation from all parties," he said.

For your information, the Minister of Home Affairs issued Instruction Number 6 of 2020 concerning Enforcement of Health Protocols to Control the Spread of COVID-19. The instructions emphasize the synergy between the central and local governments regarding health protocol enforcement.

The Inmendagri states that fast, precise, focused and integrated steps are needed between the central government and local governments in responding to the policies that have been published to be obeyed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the regions, in accordance with statutory provisions.