COVID-19 Cases Soar, Bengkulu Deputy Governor Jon Cancels His Son's Wedding

DOC ANTARA/ Deputy Governor of Bengkulu Rosjonsyah

BENGKULU - Bengkulu Deputy Governor Rosjonsyah canceled his son's wedding which was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 10. The cancellation took into account the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the area which continued to increase every day.

"Even though all the invitations have been distributed, but I decided to postpone. I told the children to cancel first, later when it has subsided we will do it again. I have to give an example to the community," said Jon in Bengkulu, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 2.

Jon hopes that what he has done can be an example for the community, especially for residents who are planning to hold a celebration in the near future. The celebration party had to be temporarily postponed.

The Deputy Governor said that efforts to speed up breaking the chain of transmission of the new type of corona virus could not only be left to the government alone, but collective public participation and awareness was needed to discipline in implementing health protocols.

"What is clear is that I gave an example. It was only the Deputy Governor's son who was supposed to have the party on the 10th, it was cancelled. I ask the public to also have awareness so that we can overcome this pandemic as quickly and as well as possible," said Jon.

On the other hand, he asked the district and city governments in Bengkulu to be firm on the policies to handle the COVID-19 pandemic that the central government had taken, one of which was to ensure the implementation of micro-scale Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in their respective regions.

Previously, the Bengkulu Police Chief asked the Bengkulu Provincial Government to evaluate a number of policies related to social activities.

The regional police chief asked the local government to temporarily ban residents from holding celebrations such as weddings and to close places that could potentially create crowds.

The request is to follow up on the positive number and daily COVID-19 deaths in Bengkulu, which have increased by more than 100 percent since the last few weeks.

"Of the several positive cases that happened later, they came from the celebration cluster. That's why the Bengkulu Police asked for a temporary ban on this wedding party, so that we can focus on exploring existing cases," said Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Sudarno.