Ministers Don't Want To Rashly Allow Events

Menpora Zainudin Amali (Public Relations Kemenpora via Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali insists that he does not want to rashly provide recommendations for sports activities with spectators.

Later there was a discourse to present a limited number of spectators in sports activities. But the Minister insists it has not yet decided on a recommendation.

"Until now we have not, because we have not discussed. I do not want to be rash because now the implementation of the Menpora Cup alhamdulillah until now has entered the semi-finals of its prokesnya awake," said The Minister of Amali, Monday, April 12.

Until now pre-season activities for football have not been attended by spectators. Meanwhile, football titles are strictly regulated for teams and officials including paramedics and security personnel.

"All who will enter the stadium should already be in the antigen swab and it is done routinely by the committee. Alhamdulillah to this day there is nothing alarming. Even basketball that has finished the game, thank God no case has emerged. Because I want to, I want to give recommendations if the prokesnya serious and disciplined,"Said Menpora Amali.

He exemplified, if the football game is held in the afternoon, then in the morning all involved should undergo a PCR swab.

"If they play in the afternoon or evening, then at 9 am should have diswab PCR, even some say it tends to be tight. If abroad celebrations can be embraced if in Indonesia is prohibited, just raise your hands alone do not have to hug," he said.

"Our guideline is the safety and health of our people. Therefore, we must support the government's efforts to conduct micro-scale PPKM," continued The Minister of Amali.

Meanwhile, Head of Tracing Task Force COVID-19 Koesmedi Priharto said that the handling of COVID-19 is still intensive.

"The virus is quite malignant, causing many deaths and transmissions, the costs that have been incurred are also not small. The main effort is to realize that people coexist with COVID-19 with the discipline of implementing 3M," koesmedi said.

"We urge to remain compliant with health protocols. We know there are some sports that supporters find difficult to control but there are also those that are easy to do," he continued.