Movement restriction during the Christmas and New Year holiday period has actually been implemented correctly through collaboration among government institutions, regional governments, and army and police officers, in addition to the residents’ awareness
Jakarta – Coordinating Human Being Advancement and Cultural Affairs Minister Muhadjir Effendy verified that the government will continue to enforce the restriction technique throughout the next year-end vacation period to prevent a spike in COVID-19 infections.
” Movement limitation throughout the Christmas and New Year vacation period has actually been enforced correctly through collaboration amongst government institutions, local governments, and army and law enforcement officer, as well as the locals’ awareness,” Effendy remarked while commanding a meeting to examine limitations on the Christmas and New Year’s activities in here on Monday.
The collaborating minister believes partnership among institutions assisted in effectively handling COVID-19 cases to reach a manageable level regardless of the fluctuating nature of the COVID-19 case spike.
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” As we thoroughly dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, we also tape-recorded proper adherence to health procedures and the vaccination rate among homeowners,” he kept in mind.
Effendy admired that kid vaccination drives had actually continued to be organised at a number of outlet store throughout the Christmas and New Year’s vacation period.
As movement restrictions throughout the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period in 2015 had actually shown to be useful, the authority will embrace the very same approach for the very same period this year, he affirmed.
Concerning the emerging COVID-19 Omicron version, the collaborating minister kept in mind that future enforcement of limitation in activities would be based upon situational trends.
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” To deal with the possible rise in COVID-19 Omicron cases, either from imported or local transmission, we require follow-up anticipatory steps, including by monitoring health protocols, using the PeduliLindungi application, along with accelerating vaccination and booster dosage circulation,” Effendy mentioned.
The coordinating minister pointed out that the nationwide COVID-19 Job Force had actually released circulars and regulations on mobility limitation and performed COVID-19 screenings and quarantine to avoid favorable cases from surging throughout the Christmas and New Year vacation period.
” For example, from around 123,312 international tourist arrivals at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on January 1-15, 2022, we discovered 567 positive cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant amongst the total of 3,923 positive cases. All favorable cases were separated until their recovery,” he said.
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