DKI Residents Going Out At Night Will They Be Arrested And Diswab? Deputy Governor Confirms It's A Hoax

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - There is information circulating in the community that residents who roam in Jakarta at night will be swabbed on the spot by the Cross Sector COVID-19 Hunter Team on patrol.

The information was circulated in a chain message via the WhatsApp application that informed that from 7-20 July 2021 DKI Jakarta residents should not leave their homes after 19.00.

The information continued, the Cross-Sector Covid Hunter Team will carry out control by bringing laboratory and ambulance officers and then immediately doing a swab on the spot. If they are reactive, they will be immediately isolated at the BKD guesthouse that very night.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria admitted that many parties had asked about the truth of the information. However, he emphasized that the news was a hoax or a lie.

"Based on information from the Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Disaster Management Agency and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office, it was clarified that the chain message was a hoax and there was no place called Wisma BKD in Jakarta," said Riza on her Instagram account, Thursday, July 8. .

Riza said the news was a lie because Wisma BKD mentioned in the chain message as the location for the isolation of COVID-19 patients was located in Lumajang Regency.

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"As for the existence of the Cross-Sectoral Covid Hunter Team, it was found in the news in 2020. The COVID-19 Hunter Team aka Covid Hunter was once formed by the Metro Jaya Regional Police with the Jaya Regional Military Command and DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in 2020 to crack down on crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic, "explained Riza.

Then, the Covid-19 Hunter Team officers consisting of elements of the TNI-Polri, Satpol PP, Transportation and Lumajang District Health Offices who had carried out swab tests at the location were also in Lumajang.

They carried out a disciplinary operation to enforce health protocols, Saturday, July 3, 2021 night. The result is that there are 20 teenagers who are cool to hang out in the cafe and they immediately undergo a swab.