Lambda Variant Appears, PKS Asks Government To Learn From Tangkal Delta's Failure, Alludes To Ma'ruf Amin

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR Sukamta highlighted the threat of mutation of the COVID-19 virus which continues to grow more and more diverse. Not yet finished with the Delta variant which made a spike in cases in the country, now the Lambda variant, which is said to be spreading in 29 countries in the world.

Sukamta, a member of the commission in charge of foreign affairs, also warned the government to tighten entry gates to prevent the spread of imported cases of this variant.

"The government needs to take valuable lessons from the failure to prevent the entry of the Delta variant of the corona virus, which first appeared in India, and was later detected in Indonesia," said Sukamta, Wednesday, June 30.

The PKS politician said that the opportunity for the Lambda variant to spread is possible if the government relaxes the policy for access to Indonesia. As is the case, when an Indian citizen arrives in the midst of a ban on going home within the country.

In fact, said Sukamta, several epidemiologists regretted Indonesia's tightened entry access policy, which only gave quarantine for five days. Even though the WHO recommendation clearly mentions 14 days.

"If the government is still ignorant about tightening entrances, it is very possible that the Lambda variant and also other variants of the corona virus enter Indonesia," he said.

Likewise, the Emergency PPKM policy that will be implemented by the government, said Sukamta, has not mentioned the issue of tightening access to entrances to the territory of the country.

In fact, there have been repeated public scrutiny about the entry of hundreds of foreign workers from China, as well as hundreds of Indians. Where all those who come from abroad have the potential to carry the virus, even though they have tested for COVID-19.

"Therefore, in the framework of the Emergency PPKM policy, the government also needs to tighten access to entrances to Indonesia, both through airports, ports and border gates," the deputy chairman of the PKS faction reminded.

Sukamta also asked the government to focus more on public safety. This is because government policies are often inconsistent, and tend to be loose.

"The President said that people should stay at home, on the other hand, the Vice President invites people to travel, which makes people even more skeptical of government policies. Things like this have been repeated many times, this is a form of bad communication in an effort to control COVID. improve communication in the government," said Sukamta.