By: Deka Prawira ) *
At the end of Ramadan , the Indonesian habit of going home cannot be done this year. The reason is because it is still in the Covid-19 pandemic . But there are some groups of people who can travel outside the city and even outside the city and even outside the island, because they are serving as medical personnel or have to leave because their parents have died.
This Ramadan is lived in a different atmosphere because it is still in the Covid-19 pandemic . No more sahur on the road events or open together. Likewise with returning home, this annual ritual is strictly forbidden because it can spread the potential spread of Corona disease . People who are desperate to do it will be told to immediately turn around and return to their homes, by the police on guard. Civil servants are also strictly forbidden to go home and get harsh sanctions if caught returning to their hometown.
Even though going home is prohibited, there are strange views when Soekarno Hatta Airport is filled with many people who will fly out of the city. Are they breaking PSBB rules or regulations and the prohibition of going home is gone? Or is Corona really gone from Indonesia? It was not. There was some leeway when some parties were allowed to go home, and this was explained by Achmad Yurianto, the government spokesman for handling Covid-19 .
Yuri, her nickname, revealed that there is a dispensation for people who have to travel outside the city or outside the island. This is regulated in circular number 4, 2020, regarding the criteria for limiting people’s travel in the context of accelerating the handling of Covid-19 . When there is leeway, there are several parties that can go forward and cannot be driven by the police. They can also fly by plane because some airlines have opened routes even though not as much as before.
There are several kinds of people who can travel or take a plane. Among these are medical personnel who are tasked with dealing with Corona patients outside the city, because there is a shortage of doctors. You who want to go outside the city because there are families who are seriously ill or die can also go. In addition, private employees and public servants may also go home, as long as there is a letter of assignment from the head of office.
But of course there are some requirements so that they can travel and get plane tickets. Among other things, they must carry a letter of assignment explaining that they really went to work, not just going home. They must also carry a letter free of the Covid-19 virus , which is issued by a valid hospital, and must carry a certificate from an authorized government official, at least at the RT level.
If you want to go out of town because a relative has died, then you must show the death certificate to the officers who stand guard on the road. Then, if this departure is because the parents are seriously ill, there must be an attachment of the doctor’s letter treating him. To prove that this journey is done because it looks at the sick, not for recreation.
These strict conditions are made so that this leeway is not misused by many people who want to go home. Officers can also distinguish between Corona free certificates are genuine or fake, which had been sold by irresponsible people around the airport. Do not be reckless and just because you want to go home, instead buy fake letters that are invalid and will not escape the eyes of the officer. Remember that if you refrain from widening at home, it will actually help parents in the village because they avoid the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus .
) * Active writer in the Press Circle and Cikini Students