Red Zone Disappears, Gibran Remains To Ban ASN To Homecoming: Don't Because Of This, COVID-19 Cases Will Rise Again

Wali Kota Solo Gibran Rakabuming / Antara

JAKARTA - The Mayor of Solo, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, has prohibited the State Civil Servant (ASN) for homecoming when Lebaran (Eid) to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

"Later Monday, April 5 we will discuss the rules for homecoming," said Gibran in Solo, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 1.

He said that the possibility of extending the application of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) would be emphasized at the meeting.

However, he said, whatever the local government decided to do was to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

"The point is we want the graph to begin to slope, the red zone is gone, we don't want after homecoming (the number of positive cases, ed) increases again", he said.

He said that if a new cluster of the spread of COVID-19 appeared, Solo had to start handling from zero again.

"This vaccination has been successful, what is certain is that ASN is prohibited for homecoming", he said.

Previously, the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, said that the regional government would immediately make a number of preparations related to the Lebaran prohibition policy issued by the central government.

"There is no homecoming, this is a policy from the center, so we will prepare no homecoming, but we are always on alert", he said.

He said that so far there has been no official direction from the central government, including those related to the steps that must be taken.

"But we are always on high alert, hopefully this week we can meet with Jakarta soon, with the Forkopimda (Regional Leadership Communication Forum) to prepare steps", he said.