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PRESIDENT Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded all regional heads to properly manage and regulate the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays which have the potential to cause an increase in crowds and community mobility such as going home.
Based on previous experience, the Christmas 2020 and New Year’s holidays in 2021 led to an increase in the spread of COVID-19 which was not small.
“I really ask that it be managed, regulated, so that this Christmas and New Year will run without crowds,” he said, while giving a virtual briefing to regional heads throughout Indonesia at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday (10/25), as a press release in Jakarta, Tuesday (10/26).
Based on the survey results, there are 19.9 million people who intend to go home during the holiday. According to him, the large number must be anticipated by all authorities in the provinces, districts and cities.
“This is what we must anticipate, all provinces, all regencies and cities must remind their citizens that it is better for Christmas (2021) and New Year (2022) not to travel anywhere,” President Jokowi stated.
Therefore, according to him, all elements of the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum at all levels of government have a very important role in socializing it. Especially, to anticipate the possibility of an unexpected third wave.
“We hope that we can manage Christmas (2021) and New Year’s (2022) well, because almost all epidemiologists are afraid that what triggers the third wave will be Christmas (2021) and New Year (2022),” he remarked.
President Jokowi added, I hope that everything is designed, planned in detail according to the conditions of the local community, respecting the existing norms. But once again, staying in accordance with health protocols with dynamic gas and brakes, always alert, ready to act, quick to act, that’s what we must continue to maintain. [antaranews/photo special]
