Police Chief Asks For Health Protocols At Soekarno-Hatta Airport To Be Tightened

Chief of Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo at Soetta Airport (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chief of Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo asked the officials and ranks in charge of Soekarno-Hatta Airport to tighten supervision of health protocols for passengers coming from outside the city and abroad in anticipation of the transmission of COVID-19.

"There are several things to note, how the ranks closely monitor related to health protocols for people departing and also coming from Soetta Airport", said the Police Chief when reviewing the policy of homecoming H-1 Eid al-Fitr 2021 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng from a written statement, Wednesday, May 12.

Supervision is also tightened for Indonesian citizens as well as foreign nationals coming from abroad.

Sigit said the policy of homecoming and sealing activities carried out by the police and related parties is to prevent the rate of increasing the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

"We know that at the moment in some areas such as Sumatra there is a rise in the number of cases, so inevitably colleagues, especially in cross-entry areas such as in this airport must actually strengthen the supervision of health protocols", said Sigit.

He called for supervision of the arrival of citizens from abroad to be tightened, don't let any loopholes cause the control of COVID-19 in Indonesia to be disrupted.

For aircraft passengers arriving from abroad, repeated PCR checks are applied to ensure they are free of COVID-19.

"Especially at the time after being examined using a 'thermogun' and then the temperature is found to be abnormal, immediately carry out antigen examination, so that it can carry out the further examination", messaged the Police Chief.

He also asked officers at Soetta Airport to check the status of passengers arriving from abroad who had been vaccinated or not.

According to the Police Chief, this examination is important considering those who have not been vaccinated potentially as carriers of the virus.

Similarly, the quarantine process for those arriving at Soetta Airport is really well-executed, don't let anyone escape because they don't undergo quarantine.

"So please to the officer. When they (red passengers) leave at the airport and arrive at the hotels where the quarantine has been determined then there are officers inside. So then please set it up nicely. If the shortage of members asks the Metro Police. starting from the flow of arrivals to hotels until they exit the entire health protocol has been well acted on", said the Police Chief.

Related homecoming, Listyo reminded the authorities to anticipate the backflow. Because at the time of homecoming, it is estimated that there are already 1.2 million residents leaving Jabodetabek areas.