The Task Force Called 264 Homecomers Found Positive For COVID-19 During Confinement

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, said that 264 travelers were found positive for COVID-19 when exposed to isolation.

"Based on the results of the report on the implementation of Ketupat Operation as of May 15, 2021, 264 of them were found to be positive from travelers", Wiku said in the Presidential Secretariat Youtube broadcast, Tuesday, May 18.

Meanwhile, 77,068 travelers have been tested for COVID-19 by government policy to conduct random tests to screen residents who carry the virus.

It was also recorded that 419,969 vehicles were turned back because they did not have a permit for entry and exit during the period of eliminating the homecoming.

Wiku said this data was obtained from routine coordination per week for each regional task force related to the development of COVID-19 control. Where the elements of the TNI and Police who were officers in the field also participated.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health's R&D survey estimates that the mobilization of the peak movement of backflow after May 21, 2021, will reach 37 percent or 2.6 million people.

Wiku said that the government continues to strengthen control over COVID-19. As an effort to anticipate backflow, travelers are required to include a negative COVID-19 test letter, the samples of which are taken within 1x24 hours for all modes of transportation.

If you do not have a COVID-19 test letter, travelers will be immediately tested for antigen. Then, there are also random health test activities at various strategic points. These two steps are valid from May 18 to 24, 2021.

"The mandatory check still applies to travelers who use air, train, and sea transportation modes and crossings and random testing for routine trips to sea and land transportation modes in other areas throughout Indonesia", said Wiku.