East Kalimantan Provincial Government Issues Circular Restricting Ceremonial Events

Head of the Adpim Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of East Kalimantan, HM Syafranuddin. ANTARA/Arumanto

SAMARINDA - The East Kalimantan Provincial Government issued a Circular Letter from the Governor of East Kalimantan Isran Noor numbered 065/1104 /B.Org-TL regarding restrictions on the implementation of ceremonial events carried out by regional officials and work partners as an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Head of the Adpim Bureau of the Regional Secretariat of East Kalimantan, HM Syafranuddin, explained that the Circular was a follow-up to the directives and Instructions of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 11 of 2022 concerning the Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM) Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 and Optimizing the 2019 Corona Virus Disease Handling Post in Village and Sub-District Levels to Control the Spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 in Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua Regions.

"This circular is addressed to the Head of Regional Apparatus in the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and the Head of the Bureau at the East Kalimantan Provincial Secretariat. All of this is to prevent the increasing spread of COVID-19," said HM Syafranuddin, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 23.

According to Ivan, as the Spokesman for the Governor of East Kalimantan is called, SE the Governor of East Kalimantan asked the regional apparatus of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government so that activities that are carried out and have the potential to bring a large number of people are temporarily postponed and adjusted if circumstances allow, with the exception of important meetings.

Meanwhile, important meetings can be held but with limited participants (20 percent of the room capacity), and preferably via video conference.

Ivan added that the implementation of activities by the general public or business partners who invite and present many people and use the assets of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government such as buildings, meeting rooms and others as well as open areas within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government agency will be temporarily rescheduled until conditions allow.

"All this is done, so that we can jointly maintain, so that the spread and transmission of the virus does not increase," explained Ivan.

Meanwhile, the Circular Letter of the Governor of East Kalimantan Number: 065/0528/B.Org February 9, 2021 concerning Restrictions on the Implementation of Ceremonial Events as an effort to prevent the spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in East Kalimantan Province was revoked and declared invalid.

"This Circular Letter is effective from the date of stipulation until further notice," explained Ivan.

The Circular was issued on February 22, 2022, signed by the Deputy Governor of East Kalimantan Hadi Mulyadi.