Anticipation Of Buildup In Bakauheni, Minister Asks Passengers To Test Covid-19 Antigen Independently

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi during a press briefing at Bakauheni Port, Sunday, May 16. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi asked the public to conduct an independent Rapid Antigen test in anticipation of the buildup of passengers after Eid al-Fitr at Bakauheni Crossing Port.They are obliged to bring negative results of the test before departure." From the results of the rackor, there is one note that to avoid any buildup in Bakauheni, we ask the passengers to conduct Rapid Antigen tests independently in the area of origin of departure," said Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi in a press statement, reported by Antara, Sunday, May 16.Budi Karya said, data from the COVID-19 Task Force mentioned that in the past month there has been a significant increase in cases in almost all provinces on the island of Sumatra.For that need to be an effort to tighten the movement of passengers, especially from Sumatra to Java island through the port of Bakauheni." We do see that there are approximately 400,000 people who have moved from Java to Sumatra. And of course in these days and the next few days there will be a movement back from Sumatra to Java. Therefore, we conduct an intense coordination, to conduct control," said the Minister of Transportation.

Previously, the Ministry of Transportation together with the Task Force on Handling COVID-19, the Indonesian Police, and other relevant elements have coordinated to conduct a number of anticipations for increased mobility of the community after Eid al-Fitr that has the potential to trigger the transmission of COVID-19. A number of Regional Heads in Sumatra and Java, namely Lampung, West Java, Banten, Central Java, Special Region of Yogyakarta, and East Java were also involved to conduct a thorough and careful examination of the health documents of each public traveler during the backflow of land transportation Idul Fitri Year 2021/1442 H, at each sealing post on the border between provinces.