President Joko Widodo gave a long explanation regarding the government’s ban on going home for Eid this time. According to the Head of State, the ban on going home was decided solely because it was to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak from spreading.
“This year’s Ramadan is the second Ramadan in the middle of Covid-19 and we still have to prevent the spread of the Covid epidemic from spreading again. For this reason, since long ago the government has decided to ban homecoming on this Eid, and this decision was taken through various kinds of considerations, because of last year’s experience there was an upward trend in cases after four long holidays, “said Jokowi in a press statement at the Merdeka Palace, Friday (16/04/2021). Berita politik
Read More: Ministry of Religion Called Hilal Awal Ramadhan 1442 H Monitored in RI Territory
Jokowi also gave an explanation of the increase in cases on the first long holiday that occurred during the 2020 Eid holidays.
“First, during the Idul Fitri holiday last year, there was an increase in daily cases of up to 93% and an increase in the death rate of up to 66%,” said Jokowi.
Then, according to Jokowi, the second upward trend occurred during the last August 2020 period.
“The second increase in covid cases occurred during a long holiday on August 20-23, 2020, which resulted in an increase of up to 119% and a death rate of up to 57%,” explained Jokowi further. Berita hari ini
The third trend of increasing cases of long holidays is the long holiday from the end of October 2020 to the beginning of November 2020.
“The third is during the long holiday from October 28 to November 1, 2020, which causes an increase in covid cases by 95% and an increase in weekly cases of death by up to 75%,” said Jokowi further.
There is an increasing trend in cases of the last long holiday in 2020, namely during the long Christmas holiday until the new year 2021. Berita Terkini
“And finally fourthly, there was an increase during year-end holidays on December 24, 2020 to January 3, 2021 resulting in an increase in the number of daily cases by 78% and an increase in weekly cases of death by up to 46%,” Jokowi said.
Jokowi said a number of other considerations were also the basis for the prohibition of going home, including maintaining a positive trend of decreasing cases, both daily positive cases and also death cases.
“Another consideration is that we have to maintain the downward trend in active cases in Indonesia in the last 2 months. It has decreased from 176,672 cases on February 5 and on April 15 to 108,032 cases,” said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.
In addition, according to Jokowi, daily cases are also on the decline.
“The addition of daily cases has also decreased relatively. We have experienced 14 thousand to 15 thousand cases per day in January 2021, but now it is in the range of 4 thousand to 6 thousand cases per day,” said Jokowi further. Vitamin dan Suplemen
Meanwhile, according to Jokowi, what has become more encouraging is that there has been an increase in satisfactory patient recovery.
“The recovery trend continues to increase, if on March 1, 2021 as many as 1,151,915 people recover, or 85.88% of the total cases, then on April 15 it will increase to 1,438,254 patients recovering or reaching 90.5% of the total cases. , “said Jokowi.
For this reason, Jokowi wants to invite all parties to maintain this positive trend.
“Therefore, we must really keep this excellent momentum together,” said Jokowi.
Jokowi said that the government had issued a decision to ban homecoming for all parties, regardless.
“For this reason, this time the government has decided to prohibit homecoming for ASN, TNI, Polri, BUMN employees, private employees and the entire community,” added Jokowi.
Jokowi understands very well, that during Hari Raya, there are many parties who want to gather with their families and relatives. However, for the common good, maintaining the safety of yourself, family, relatives and the wider community, Jokowi invites all people to fill this Ramadan with an endeavor to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19.
“I understand, we all definitely miss our relatives at times like this, especially in Lebaran. But let’s prioritize safety together by not going back to our hometown. Let’s fill Ramadan with an effort to break the chain of transmission of the plague, for the safety of all our brothers and sisters and also ourselves and the whole society, “concluded Jokowi.
