East Jakarta Mayor Calls Traditional Markets Safe To Visit

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JAKARTA - East Jakarta Mayor Muhammad Anwar said traditional markets in the local area are relatively safe for people to visit. He guarantees the strict application of health protocols (prokes).

"I think the current market is still safe, traditional markets are safe. Now the most high in East Jakarta is the housing cluster," he said at Pasar Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Sunday, January 31.

According to Anwar, the ranks of the local government at the kelurahan, sub-district to Satpol PP have carried out an intensive monitoring function of health protocols in the market.

The health protocol in question is the obligation to use masks, keep your distance, wash your hands, spray disinfectants, limit 50 percent of the capacity to enforce one door for consumers to enter and leave.

"The public must be aware of the importance of health protocols. It does not mean that we are not active, it is permissible, but it is adjusted to the current conditions," he said.

Anwar added that since March 2020 there have been more than 53 thousand COVID-19 cases in East Jakarta.

"However, more than 50 thousand people have recovered. We don't expect much recovery, not like that. We hope to break the chain, but this is our economy, it continues to be damaged, the threat will continue forever," he said.

Meanwhile, the rate of additional cases in East Jakarta reaches an average of 300-500 patients per day.

According to Anwar, the highest level of transmission occurred at the family level. "We do not know where the parents left, where the interaction was, he hugged his wife's child home, finally it became a new cluster," he said.

The Manager of the Jatinegara Market Area at Perumda Pasar Jaya, Sion Purba, said that out of a total of 3,000 traders in the Jatinegara Market building, none had been confirmed positive for COVID-19.

"Since March 2020, the range of traders who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 has reached 20. But cases per day are still zero," he said.

One of the consumers, Trisha Maya, confirmed that the health protocols implemented in Pasar Jatinegara are currently getting stricter.

"To enter, there is a special route and you are required to wash your hands, check the temperature. Then there is also a waiting room outside, if for example the building is full. As long as you adhere to health protocols, God willing, it is safe," he said. residents of Duren Sawit.