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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia– The government will change the testing standards for the corona virus (Covid-19) for tourists taking ground transportation to Bali. The government will require the use of the Antigen rapid test, replacing the regular rapid test that has been used until now. Additionally, aircraft users should use the PCR smear test.
“We ask that tourists boarding a plane bound for Bali must undergo the H-2 PCR test before flying to Bali and require the rapid H-2 antigen test before traveling overland to Bali,” Luhut said in the Covid-19 Management Coordination Meeting at DKI Jakarta. , West Java, Central Java, East Java and Bali virtually at the Maritime Office on Monday (12/14/2020)
To regulate the mechanism, Coordinating Minister Luhut asked the Minister of Health, Head of BNPB and Menhub to immediately regulate the procedure. “I call for the SOP for the use of rapid antigen tests to be completed immediately today,” Luhut said.
In response to Luhut, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan also said that he would start applying rapid antigen to people entering through airports.
During the meeting, Luhut also stated that the government decided to ban crowds and New Year celebrations in public places. It requested that the implementation of this tightening can begin on December 18, 2020 to January 8, 2021.
The reason behind the issuance of this policy was the significant increase in cases that continued after the holidays and collective leaves at the end of October.
“The number of positive figures and death rates has continued to rise after the holidays in 8 and 20 provinces, after the previous trend was downward,” said coordinating minister Luhut. From these provinces, he highlighted the growing trend in the provinces of DKI Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi, North Sumatra, Bali and South Kalimantan.
Therefore, Coordinating Minister Luhut called on DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to tighten the work-from-home policy by up to 75 percent.
“I also asked the governor to continue with the policy of limiting office hours to 7:00 p.m. and limiting the number of people who gather in restaurants, shopping malls and entertainment venues,” he pleaded.
So that this policy does not impose a burden on the tenants of the commercial premises in the shopping centers, the coordinating minister Luhut, who is also the vice president of Covid-19 and the National Committee for Economic Recovery, asked the owners of the shopping centers through the Governor of DKI Jakarta to provide relief from rental charges and service to tenants (tenants).
“Rental and service charge relief schemes (service fees) should be mutually agreed upon between shopping centers and tenants. Examples include proration, profit sharing or other schemes,” said coordinating minister Luhut, giving a example.
Then, he also asked that activities that could potentially bring together large numbers of people, such as religious celebrations and events, be restricted or prohibited. Coordinating Minister Luhut also suggested that the activities could be carried out online. Not only that, Coordinating Minister Luhut also ordered TNI / Polri to strengthen behavior change operations. “This will be preceded by a TNI / POLRI rally led by the president as a way to strengthen engagement,” he said.
In addition to DKI Jakarta province, coordinating minister Luhut also provided instructions to the governors of West Java, Central Java and East Java. These directives include optimizing the use of centralized isolation, strengthening justice operations to ensure the implementation of centralized isolation and 3M’s health protocols (wash hands, wear masks, and keep your distance).
“I call on local governments to also tighten social restrictions based on urban and suburban / rural contexts,” said coordinating minister Luhut.
In the urban / urban context, he continued, local governments are asked to toughen the implementation of Work from Home (WFH) and limit the hours of operation of restaurants, entertainment and shopping centers until 20:00. Meanwhile, in rural areas, local governments are asked to strengthen the implementation of social restrictions at the micro and community scale.
Present at the virtual coordination meeting were the Minister of Health Terawan, the Minister of Transport Budi Karya Sumadi, the President of BNPB Doni Monardo, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, the Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil, the Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa, the Governor of Bali I Wayan Koster, representatives of the Regional Military Governor of Central Java, and the Governor of Central Java. and the corresponding Kapolda.
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