Jokowi Allows People To Do Homecoming For Eid Al-Fitr As Long As They Have Booster Vaccines

ILLUSTRATION/ CIKAMPEK TOLL/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the government will take a number of easing measures after the development of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country continues to improve. One of them is that people are now allowed to return to their hometowns to welcome Eid this year.

This is news that the public may have been waiting for. Moreover, in 2020 and 2021, the government always issued a ban on doing homecoming to prevent an increase in COVID-19 cases.

"People who want to do homecoming for Eid are also welcome. Also allowed," said Jokowi in the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube show, Wednesday, March 23.

It's just that people can't just go back and forth to their hometowns. There are conditions that must be followed, namely receiving a complete two-dose COVID-19 vaccine plus a booster.

"On the condition that (people who want to do homecoming) have received two vaccines and one booster," said the president.

In addition, the public still has to apply health protocols. This step is important to prevent the spread of COVID-19 cases.

Jokowi hopes that in the future, the development of COVID-19 cases will continue to improve and can be maintained. So, he also advised that health protocols should continue to be applied.

"Hopefully we can maintain this improving trend. I ask all of us to continue to carry out the procedures, be disciplined in using masks, wash our hands diligently, and keep our distance," he concluded.