Jayapura, Papua – Papua is preparing to implement a partial lockdown for one month in August, 2021 to suppress COVID-19 spread in neighborhoods amidst a growing risk postured by the more infectious Delta variation, an authorities stated.
” The lockdown will be imposed by thinking about numerous factors, including an upward COVID-19 trend,” assistant for economic and people’s prosperity affairs for the Papua provincial government, Muhammad Musaad, stated.
The detailed guidelines for the enforcement of the partial lockdown are being pondered by the authorities, he informed in Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, on Thursday.
Referring to reports made by agencies, he said the existing COVID-19 surge in Papua can partly be blamed on public mobility, especially the arrival of non-Papua locals at seaports. The lockdown is likewise being mulled in view of 2 sporting occasions, he included.
Ahead of the convening of Papua’s 2021 PON National Games in October and National Para Games in November this year, regional citizens in Jayapura city and four districts will require to get vaccinated, as asked for by President Joko Widodo, he mentioned.
In keeping with the President’s request, the Papua administration is keen to magnify mass vaccination drives in Jayapura city and the districts of Jayapura, Mimika, Merauke, and Keerom, Musaad informed.
” We do not want to have additional COVID-19 cases,” he mentioned.
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Papua’s 2021 PON National Games are set up to occur from October 2 to October 15, 2021, while the National Para Games (Peparnas) will be held from November 2 to November 15.
At least 6,400 professional athletes and 3,500 officials from 34 provinces throughout Indonesia are anticipated to take part in Papua’s PON National Games, which will include 37 occasions. Meanwhile, 1,935 athletes and 740 authorities will participate in the National Para Games in Jayapura City and Jayapura district, which will feature 12 events.
To make sure the security of athletes and officials taking part in the PON National Games and National Para Games, President Widodo has asked the worried firms to inoculate all athletes.
He has also instructed that regional citizens living near all venues of the sporting occasions and professional athletes’ towns be vaccinated, Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali stated.
Speaking at the online press conference quickly after going to a limited cabinet meeting with the President on Tuesday, Amali stated mass vaccination drives for the targeted recipients require to be magnified.
To this end, mass vaccinations will be ramped up in Papua province to achieve the government’s objective of inoculating all targeted recipients by August this year, he stated.
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