The Ministry Of Health Opens Opportunities For Homecoming This Year It Is Allowed But Look At The Conditions And Coverage Of Vaccinations

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JAKARTA - Secretary of the Directorate General of Public Health of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Siti Nadia Tarmizi opened the opportunity for Lebaran homecoming to be allowed this year.

As is known, in the month of Ramadan 2021, the government forbids all people to return to their hometowns to suppress the spread of COVID-19 cases.

"Is it possible to go home free for Eid later? We'll see how it progresses, because we're still evaluating it continuously and adjusting it to existing trends and conditions," Nadia said on the Indonesian Ministry of Health's Youtube show, Tuesday, March 8.

Likewise with worship activities such as tarawih prayers, iktikaf, and Eid prayers in congregation in the mosque. Nadia said the government opened up opportunities to allow this.

Meanwhile, last year, the government banned areas with red zone status (high spread of COVID-19) and orange zone (moderate spread of COVID-19) from holding congregational prayers during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.

The easing of restrictions on activities during the month of Ramadan, continued Nadia, can be done as long as the coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination can reach the immunity level, which is 70 percent of the vaccination target.

"Maybe during the Eid celebrations or during this month of Ramadan, we can carry out worship that we couldn't do before. It's possible to perform Ramadan worship, going home is possible, whether breaking fast together is possible or not, we'll see depending on the speed of our vaccination, "explained Nadia.

"If we can reach 70 percent of all our targets including children, which is as many as 234 million people, maybe we can carry out activities as normal," he added.