People Enter Jakarta Reactive For COVID-19 When The Backflow Barrier Is Directly Brought To Wisma Atlet

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JAKARTA - The government and police forces are blocking the backflow in anticipation of the spread of COVID-19 after the Eid al-Fitr holiday in 1442 Hijri.

Head of the Transportation Office of DKI Syafrin Liputo said the authorities will check the vehicles passing through Jakarta. Passengers who have a COVID-19-free certificate will be affixed with a special sticker.

"For vehicles that have been checked and free of COVID-19, for passengers who have been checked and nonreactive, they are immediately attached with stickers. Stickers have been checked at the sealing post by the law of each police force", Syafrin said when contacted, Monday, May 17.

However, if there is a vehicle that has not been affixed with a sticker during sealing, the passengers inside will be conducted antigen tests. If there are passengers who are reactive to COVID-19 they will be immediately taken to Wisma Atlet Kemayoran.

"For those who carry out the rapid test, then it turns out reactive, then all these passengers are obliged to carry out a PCR swab. They are directly sent to Wisma Atlet Kemayoran to be done PCR, all passengers", said Syafrin.

The COVID-19 reactive passengers were taken to Wisma Atlet Emergency COVID-19 Hospital using a school bus. Department of Transportation prepares buses at Keduwaringin and Cikampek toll road km 34.

"Then the rest of the passengers took their vehicles to Wisma Atlet. The vehicle was taken. Because of the reactive school bus ride, the rest took their vehicles behind the school bus. Escorted from the police unit of the Highway Police Of Metro Jaya", explained Syafrin.

Earlier, Metro Jaya Police Chief Irjen Fadil Imran said it was conducting backflow blocking operations until May 24.

Actually, Operation Ketupat Jaya targeting travelers will end on May 18, 2021, but the estimated number of citizens returning to Jakarta will increase so that the activities of the sealing post will be evaluated daily.

"But if evaluated that the number of travelers (returning to Jabodetabek) can be extended again until a later date", said Fadil.