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Jakarta’s Governor Dissuades Public From Traveling on Chinese New Year

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has dissuaded the public from hitting the road during the Chinese New Year weekend, a bit over a month after Covid-19 cases surged after holidaygoers traveled on the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

“I urge the [Jakarta] public to stay at home, as the number of Covid-19 cases remain high,” he said on Tuesday, February 9.

“Traveling can bring about the transmission of Covid-19 anytime, anywhere. If we are in a car with a relative who is exposed to the coronavirus or already contracted it for five to seven hours, then we are all at risk of contracting Covid-19.”

The Gerindra party politician called on the public to stay at home during the long weekends to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission. Jakarta is currently carrying out micro-scale social activities or PPKM, along with other provinces in Java as well as Bali until February 22.

Jakarta has seen 3,437 new Covid-19 cases over on February 9 to bring up the total number of 300,406. The coronavirus also killed 4,681 Jakartans.

Source:

https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/02/09/18573291/gubernur-anies-imbau-warga-jakarta-tidak-bepergian-di-long-weekend-pekan?page=all#page2. 

Military and Police Intelligence Needed to Combat Covid-19

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin has maintained that the military and police’s aid and expertise are indispensable in combating Covid-19 throughout Indonesia,

Speaking at a review of military vaccinators and tracers on Tuesday, February 9, the minister said the military and police’s strategic and intelligence capabilities enable them to “track and trace potential Covid-19 carriers.”

“While military intelligence is proficient at tracking their target or wiretapping their phone can be transferred to tracking potential cases with test kits, and to eradicate the coronavirus in an area. Most of all, the military and police have the reach to villages and neighborhoods in cities.”

The military and police have been on the front line of efforts to combat Covid-19, since the pandemic was found in Indonesia on March 2. They are expected to be jabbed with the Covid-19 vaccine next March, after health workers. 

Source:

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/09/20234841/perang-lawan-covid-19-menkes-diperlukan-kemampuan-intelijen-tni-dan-polri.