SEMARANG - The Simpanglima field area of Semarang City was temporarily closed for various community activities starting Thursday night, following a surge in COVID-19 cases.

"Starting today, all gatherings, cycling, and odong-odong activities will be closed," said Head of the Semarang City Housing and Settlement Service Office, Ali in Semarang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 17.

In addition to Simpanglima Field, he said, there are two other parks that are also temporarily closed, namely Taman Indonesia Kaya and Taman Bangetayu.

The closure of the three parks, which are the center of the crowd, has been reported to the Mayor of Semarang.

He said the three parks would be closed indefinitely.

"It will be opened again if the number of COVID-19 goes down," he said.

Based on data from the https://siagacorona.semarangkota.go.id page as of 21.00 WIB, the number of positive COVID-19 patients was recorded at 1,429 people. The number of patients who died was recorded at 3,343 people.


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