WHO Revokes COVID-19 Emergency Status, Gibran Suggests Removing Masks In Solo Public Space

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka (ANTARA)

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka proposed removing masks in public spaces after the World Health Organization stated that COVID-19 was no longer a global health emergency. "Yesterday I proposed (the removal of masks) in malls, schools, campuses," he said in Solo, quoted by ANTARA Monday, May 8. He said that the central government had not issued a regulation regarding the release of masks and the city government was still following it. "So yes, the Mayor's Decree is still following the center," he said. However, he said that now the wearing of masks is not really necessary. "Yesterday, after the ceremony, Do semaput no menggo masks (on fainting due to wearing masks). No, just wear masks," he said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday stated that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. However, according to WHO, the corona virus that causes COVID-19 is still a threat to health and asks countries not to be careless.