Proposed Vaccine Certificate As A Requirement To Enter Malls And Offices, Deputy Governor Of DKI: Will Be Considered Later

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

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria admitted that he received proposals from a number of parties so that vaccination certificates were used as a condition for entering shopping centers or malls and offices.

"There have been suggestions from several people that more residents should be vaccinated, for activity units or offices, and some even propose that malls should be vaccinated. I think that is one of the proposals that will be considered later," Riza told reporters, Thursday. , July 29.

Responding to this, Riza admitted that his party would consider the plan for the requirements to be vaccinated for people who want to carry out these activities together with the central government.

Because, according to Riza, this requirement is one of the efforts so that all citizens who meet the requirements to immediately get an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to achieve communal immunity.

"Is it true that if the factory is running, everything must be vaccinated first, then the office. We will study the proposal, we will accommodate all input from the residents, we will study it, later we will propose it together with the central COVID-19 Task Force," he said. . Previously, the Chairman of Kadin Arsjad Rasjid proposed a vaccine certificate as a prerequisite for visiting shopping centers. After the vaccination program for mall employees and employees is carried out, visitors must also show that they have completed vaccinations.

"The hope is that the retailers, in malls, if possible, have vaccinated all workers in the mall, and if those present can show that they have been vaccinated, the hope is that the retail will continue to run," said Arsjad.

Meanwhile, DKI has implemented vaccine certificate rules as a condition for entering a number of places. Employees and customers of accommodation or hotel service providers, restaurants/restaurants/cafes and salons, to guests of the marriage contract are required to show a vaccine certificate.

This is stated in the Decree of the Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Office Number 495 of 2021 concerning the Extension of PPKM Level 4 COVID-19 in the Tourism Business Sector.