The Euphoria Ahead Of Eid Al-Fitr In Tanah Abang Is Considered Dangerous, The Community Must Be Able To Hold Back

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JAKARTA - Cultural observer Tisna Sanjaya assessed that the enthusiasm of the people in the wholesale center of the Tanah Abang market is very vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the belief that they are safe and have vaccinated, visitors are crammed to fulfill their longing for shopping to welcome the missed holidays in 2020.

"In my opinion, the current situation is still very prone to doing things that are euphoric, getting out of the work from home pocket, maintaining health protocols, wearing masks until we are vaccinated and carelessly entering market malls, such as the case in Jakarta (Tanah Abang , red)", said Tisna to VOI, Monday, May 3.

Tisna said the situation was very risky following India's footsteps, which experienced a spike in cases in the second wave of COVID-19.

"This is very dangerous, there is an example in India. If there is a second wave it will be very dangerous and the impact is not only for individuals but also for this country", said the cultural observer from Bandung.

If domestic cases spike due to this incident, Tisna is worried that Indonesia will be prohibited from visiting other countries. Of course, this will make it difficult for people who have been completely orderly in carrying out the existing regulations

"Our need to communicate with outside communities is limited, banned, we are not allowed to go to school abroad. For example, if we want to have cultural relations abroad, it is the impact of our society's negligence. We must be careful", said Tisna.

The irony, he said, was that the crowd incident did not only occur in the capital city, Bandung too.

"I see that in Bandung too, the malls are full, on the streets, so this looks like yesterday's incident, it's nothing tragic, right", said Tisna.

Therefore, he hopes that wherever people want to gather, they must still think about other people who are already maintaining control of COVID-19.

"There are so many of our brothers at home and abroad who are really right (do the health protocol, red). So we have to be in solidarity, we have to hold back", said Tisna.