Preventing COVID-19, Passengers With High Fever Are Not Allowed To Take The MRT

Jakarta MRT Station (Irvan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The mass transportation company Moda Raya Terpadu (MRT) Jakarta issued a policy to prohibit entry of passengers with high fever in the station environment. This is done to prevent the spread of the corona virus, or COVID-19, on public transportation in Jakarta.

"It is hoped that passengers who show symptoms of high fever are not advised or allowed to enter all MRT Jakarta stations," said PT MRT Jakarta President Director William Sabandar at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Monday, March 2.

MRT station staff will coordinate with the Jakarta Health Office to implement temperature checks for passengers at each station entrance area. In addition, the MRT will also provide hand sanitizers or hand sanitizers at crowded points of passengers.

"We also carry out intensive and periodic cleaning at MRT Jakarta stations and trains with a special method that is considered to prevent the potential spread of the virus," he said.

MRT Jakarta has also conducted social media awareness about the corona virus. Where the MRT recommends that everyone can maintain health and fitness when taking public transportation.

Previously, two patients who were treated at the Sulianti Saroso Central Infection Hospital (RSPI) tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. It is known that the two of them had made contact with a Japanese citizen who has now tested positive for the corona virus in Malaysia.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the two were a 64-year-old mother and her 31-year-old child. "Checked this morning, I got a report from the Minister of Health (Terawan Agus Putranto) that this mother and her daughter are positive for corona," said Jokowi at the Presidential Palace Complex.