"We thank the community. Those, who traveled, had implemented the health protocols as well," Sumadi noted while closing the transportation monitoring post for the holiday period of Christmas 2021 and New Year 2022 online here on Tuesday.
In general, the Ministry of Transportation reported a 10-percent increase in community mobility via land, sea, air, and rail transportation, the minister remarked.
Sumadi pointed to a 56-percent rise in community mobility in the rail sector as compared to the period before the Christmas and New Year holidays, while a 22-percent increase in the land sector, 10 percent in the air sector, and one-percent rise in the modes of transportation crossing were recorded.
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Meanwhile, he noted that community mobility in the marine transportation sector had declined by 26 percent.
"All those figures show that people are still keen to travel, but we provide a good service," Sumadi noted.
Coordination across ministries and institutions was conducted by the Ministry of Transportation, Indonesian Defense Forces/National Police, state-owned enterprises in the transportation sector, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), and the local government.
The minister affirmed that the cooperation was expected to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and the emergence of new clusters during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
However, he also urged all parties, especially transportation operators, to consistently enforce the rules of travel conditions stipulated in the Ministry of Home Affairs Instruction (Inmendagri), COVID-19 Task Force Circular Letter and the Circular Letter of the Ministry of Transportation.
"Looking at the trend, Insyaallah (God Willing), there will be no surge in the number of (COVID-19 cases)," he affirmed.
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