Asking Passengers to Have COVID Vaccination, Turns Out That 40 Percent Of Transjakarta Employees Have Not Been Vaccinated

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JAKARTA - PT Transjakarta admits that 40 percent of its employees have not been vaccinated. The fact that the vaccination of Transjakarta employees is still 60 percent was revealed in a meeting between Transjakarta and the DKI Regional Representative Council (DPRD).

Eneng Malianasari, a member of Commission B of the DKI DPRD, admitted that she was surprised. This is because Transjakarta currently requires its passengers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Meanwhile, there are still employees who have not been vaccinated.

"How can you demand that all passengers to get vaccinated, but on the other hand, the workers on duty are not protected by the vaccine? Public servants should be an example and if they can get close to 100 percent vaccinated", Eneng said in his statement, Wednesday, September 1.

Eneng said that the mandatory vaccination policy in the mass transportation sector was contained in the Decree of the Governor (Kepgub) of DKI Jakarta Number 974 of 2021 concerning Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM). In the Governor's Decree, it is stated that the vaccination requirements are addressed to drivers, officers, and users.

Moreover, according to her, vaccination of Transjakarta officers is very important because officers have direct contact with crowds of passengers at bus stops and buses, so they have a high risk of contracting and transmitting the virus.

"So, there is no longer any reason that TransJakarta officials have not been vaccinated", said Eneng.

Not to mention, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has also begun to enforce the odd-even rule and there are also face-to-face school trial activities. More and more people will use public transportation.

"The odd-even license plate rule makes people flock to public transportation so that the number of passengers increases and is crammed into the bus. Do not allow private vehicles to be limited, but Transjakarta buses have become a cluster for spreading the virus because the officers are not vaccinated", she said.

Previously, PT Transportation Jakarta required all passengers who were passengers to submit a vaccination certificate before entering the bus stop.

Thus, passengers do not need to show a worker registration certificate which was previously used as a condition for entering the bus stop to board the Transjakarta bus.

"As a form of support for the government, Transjakarta is again making service adjustments where people who want to use Transjakarta services are required to show a COVID-19 vaccine letter", said PT Transjakarta Operations Director Presetia Budi in a statement, Friday, August 13.

Prasetia said that vaccination certificates could be shown in printed form or through the PeduliLindung application via their respective cellphones.