In principle, the government does not prohibit people from conducting activities if they are committed to complying with the health protocolsJakarta (ANTARA) - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force has urged the community to remain committed to complying with health protocols while conducting their activities.
"In principle, the government does not prohibit people from conducting activities if they are committed to complying with the health protocols," spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Wiku Adisasmito stated during an online press conference here on Tuesday.
To avoid any form of amassing, people should set a priority scale and gauge the risk of COVID-19 transmission while conducting their activities.
"For instance, people can avoid visiting crowded places and delay travel, especially for the elderly as a vulnerable group," Adisasmito noted while responding to the severe traffic congestion on the Puncak route, Bogor District, on Sunday, February 27, 2022.
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In the transition to a productive community that is safe from COVID-19, the spokesperson deemed it necessary to jointly maintain vaccinations, health protocols, and health facilities resilience.
Adisasmito remarked that in terms of controlling community activities and enforcing health protocols, the government had issued various policies, including district-level and city-level public activity restrictions (PPKM), the "3M" health protocols task force in public places, and micro-level PPKM.
Earlier, West Java Regional Police Chief Inspector General Suntana had attributed traffic congestion in the Puncak area to several people vacationing during the long holidays.
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Suntana remarked that some 80 thousand vehicles had entered the Puncak and Sukabumi areas from the Ciawi toll gate since Saturday, February 26, 2022. Meanwhile, the movement of some 50 thousand vehicles was recorded from the opposite direction.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indonesia in March 2020. According to data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as of March 1, 2022, Indonesia had recorded a total of 5,589,176 COVID-19 cases, 4,901,302 recoveries, and 148,660 deaths.
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