COVID-19 Cases Rise After Eid Holiday, Police Chief Fadil Deploys Additional Troops, Tracing To Community Level

Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran (Photo: Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Jakarta Metro Police has deployed additional personnel to trace the spread of COVID-19 at the community level. Because, after the Eid holiday, the number of COVID-19 outbreaks has increased significantly.

"If we look at the graph, there is an increase in cases of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Eid holiday, so the consolidation meeting to take real action on a community basis and real action to enforce discipline on health protocols", said Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran, Monday, June 7.

Later, the greatest personnel in the COVID-19 hunting work unit will go directly to the community at the RT/RW Neighborhood Association/Citizens Association level. Tracing to the community will continue.

This step was taken, said Fadil, to suppress the increasing number of COVID-19 spreads. In fact, various efforts to prevent the spread before and after the Eid homecoming have been carried out. One of them is like doing an antigen swab.

"Jayakarta Military Regional Command and Regional Police and the provincial government have made various efforts before going home for Eid, during homecoming, and after going home. Until today we have carried out antigen swabs and Alhamdulillah it is quite effective," he said. It is hoped that the spread of COVID-19, especially in DKI Jakarta, will decrease.

"Hopefully the togetherness between us, the element of alertness that never slackens, will continue to be able to protect the community from the dangers of COVID-19 transmission. Prevention is the best way, prevention is a noble action compared to treatment", said Fadil