Government Prepares Hotels At 32 Points For Quarantine During PPKM Java Bali

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) is said to be providing a number of hotels as isolation locations for people exposed to COVID-19.

Menparekraf Sandiaga Uno explained that this effort was a strategic step for the government in supporting the policy of Restricting Community Activities (PPKM) in Java and Bali, which is planned to take effect from 11 to 25 January 2021.

"We will continue to communicate with the National Disaster Management Agency about its implementation in the field," he said, Friday, January 8.

Sandi added that his party had recorded a number of hotels in 32 locations that were included in this program by cooperating with the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association.

"The current pandemic is a difficult situation for the tourism sector, but business actors support every government policy to immediately restore economic activity," he said.

For information, the Government through the Chairperson of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN) Airlangga Hartarto gave instructions to all local governments in the Java and Bali regions to tighten large-scale social restrictions (PSBB).

The directive is planned to be carried out from 11 to 25 January 2021. Meanwhile, the basis for the policy refers to the data on the mortality rate in these two regions which is 3 percent or above the national average. In addition, the recovery rate is quite alarming, which is below the national average of less than 82 percent.

"Provinces, regencies or cities that meet one of these criteria will later formulate regulations to accommodate PSBB tightening according to their respective levels," said Airlangga, Wednesday, January 6.

However, the bureaucrat who also holds the position of Coordinating Minister for the Economy emphasized that this latest PSBB is not for all regions.

"I want to emphasize that this is not all of Java and Bali. But the handling is micro in regencies or cities," he explained.