Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, stated the government has prohibited military and authorities workers and staff members of state-owned enterprises from traveling fars away or out of town throughout the Lunar New Year vacations.
” The restriction outside the city is specifically for civil devices, military soldiers, members of the National Police Force, state-owned enterprise staff members throughout the long holiday weekend associated to Lunar New Year activities,” he informed at an online press conference in Jakarta on Monday.
Minister Hartarto said the measure is aimed at lowering the number of favorable cases and lowering the COVID curve as a prerequisite for the effective handling of COVID-19 and national financial recovery.
He described that the COVID-19 cases in Java and Bali provinces represent 66 percent of all cases taped nationally, with the national positivity rate reaching 17.96 percent since February 7, 2021.
Due to public activity restrictions (PPKM) in DKI Jakarta, the addition of COVID-19 cases has actually started to flatten, in line with several other locations, such as, East Java, Yogyakarta, and Banten, which have likewise reported a decrease in cases, he said.
On the other hand, West Java and Bali have still seen an increase in COVID-19 cases, which has actually resulted in President Joko Widodo’s directives to enforce limitations on Micro Community Activities (PPKM), or at the local level, from February 9 to February 22, 2021, he discussed.
” Obviously there needs to be a more micro technique in accordance with the instructions of the President, particularly approximately the town or sub-district level,” he stated.
Not just that, the government has actually also made modifications to regulatory policies for domestic and worldwide travel to curb COVID-19, he notified.
” Where the (rules cover the) application of procedures and plans for domestic travel, including the tightening of health procedures associated with testing both for PCR tests and antigens,” he said.
Hartarto said the application of procedures and plans for Domestic Travel Actors (PPDN) consists of tightening of health protocols, test-related responsibilities (PCR, antigen, and GeNose), application of random tests, and constraints on long or religious vacations.
The procedures and plans for International Travel Actors (PPI) cover prohibition of entry into Indonesian territory for foreign nationals, other than for those who fulfill particular requirements, tightening up of health procedures, commitments related to tests (PCR and antigen), and centralized quarantine commitments. (INE)
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