Mayor Of Surabaya Eri Cahyadi Explains Strategies For Strengthening COVID-19 Control For Eid 2022

Mayor of Surabaya Eri Cahyadi. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Surabaya City Government has prepared a number of strategies to strengthen the control of the spread of COVID-19 before, during and after the celebration of Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijiriah.

Mayor of Surabaya Eri Cahyadi said the concessions provided by the government so that people can celebrate Eid with their families, must be addressed while maintaining the spread of COVID-19 does not increase.

"The strengthening strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 must be carried out properly through several important steps," said Eri, quoted from Antara, Saturday, April 23.

The important steps referred to by Eri are, first, to appeal and supervise community discipline to comply with health protocols. Second, encourage tourist attractions managers to ensure the PeduliLindung application is installed and actually used.

If there are visitors who have not been vaccinated, he continued, they will be directed to the nearest vaccination outlets. Likewise, if there are visitors who fall into the black category, then prepare a temporary isolation room before getting further treatment.

Third, carry out safeguards and security for the implementation of Eid worship in mosques and in the field. Fourth, fully supervise the requirements for homecoming on various modes of transportation to be protected from the dangers of COVID-19 transmission.

Fifth, carry out testing, tracing, treatment of confirmed cases of COVID-19 together with the COVID-19 Task Force, the TNI, and the Regional Government to carry out independent isolation, centralized isolation, or treatment at a referral hospital in accordance with existing standards.

Sixth, carrying out random checks for antigen swab tests to travellers and preparing vaccination services and temporary isolation at the posyandu.

Seventh, accelerate the vaccination program. Eighth, carry out traffic engineering management, starting from contraflow, opening and closing toll gates, as well as certain roads when going back and forth as well as traveling to tourist attractions and socializing through massive media, so that people can arrange travel plans.

"If these steps can be carried out properly, then the homecoming and return flows can run smoothly and the spread of COVID-19 can be controlled. Therefore, he said, the synergy between stakeholders must be solid," he said.

On the other hand, based on the vulnerability mapping that has been carried out, there are several predictions of disturbances in Kamtibmas that must be anticipated, including the threat of terrorism, thuggery, sweeping actions by mass organizations, price increases and scarcity of basic commodities, queues and fuel shortages, conventional crimes (3C).

In addition, community diseases, labor conflicts related to THR, illegal racing, drug abuse, firecrackers, fights between groups/between villages, acts of destroying public facilities, crowds of people that have the potential to cause COVID-19 transmission, as well as threats of natural disasters such as floods and landslides as impact of the rainy season.