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THE Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, criticized foreign travelers from among the rich and capable who were reluctant to self-quarantine in hotels as per existing rules.
This was conveyed by Luhut based on a report he received from the Polda Metro Jaya at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten. “We had asked the Metro Police to conduct raids at Soekarno-Hatta airport, which turned out to be a lot of people distributing the video. Many were shopping abroad, shopping, they didn’t want to be quarantined at the hotel when they could. But he asked that he quarantined at Wisma Atlet because it is free,” he said at an online PPKM press conference in Jakarta, Monday (12/20).
According to Luhut, the government will take firm action against the foreign travellers. He didn’t want the PPLN’s naughty act to cause the transmission of the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron. The Java-Bali the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) coordinator also asked for the cooperation of all levels of Indonesian society to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, especially the new variant.
“I ask all of us to work together. All Indonesian people. We have to show that this nation can work as a team. This situation really requires the cooperation of all of us,” he said. Previously, Luhut also confirmed that the cases of patients infected with Omicron were currently only in one place, namely at the Jakarta Athlete’s Wisma.
There are also three foreign nationals in Manado, North Sulawesi (North Sulawesi), who were not exposed to Omicron, based on the results of the latest examination.
“So, it is confirmed that the news in Manado is not Omicron,” said Luhut. The government made a quick response to prevent the transmission of Omicron, which had just been discovered in Indonesia.
The government immediately imposed a “lockdown” (isolation) in the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital (RSDC) where the first case of Omicron was found in the country. [antaranews]
