Anies issues Pergub, Jakarta residents are prohibited from leaving Jabodetabek

YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan issued Governor’s Regulation number 47, year 2020.

With this regulation, the DKI Provincial Government has prohibited residents from leaving Jabodetabek.

“With this regulation, all residents in the DKI province of Jakarta are not allowed to travel outside of Jabodetabek, restricted,” Anies said at a press conference at the Jakarta City Council on Friday (05/15/2020).

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Anies said this ban is intended to prevent transmission of Covid-19.

“So we can keep the Covid virus under control,” Anies said.

This regulation applies to all citizens, with the exception of a number of groups, ranging from senior state officials, Covid-19 handling officers, to cargo transportation drivers.

For excluded residents, they are required to process a permit to leave the Jakarta metropolitan area officially issued by the DKI Jakarta provincial government.

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