JAKARTA, June 1 — Users of the MRT transport service here, are prohibited from chatting with other passengers or on mobile phones, in a move to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As it is known, Covid-19 can be transmitted through droplets which are produced when infected people cough, sneeze, or talk,” according to the official Instagram tweet of the Jakarta MRT operator, PT Moda Raya Transportasi Jakarta in its official Instagram account @ mrtjkt, today.
Jakarta MRT, Jakarta’s new transit hub began operating on March 24, 2019, and also enforced the restriction on the number of passenger numbers to more than half of the train capacity, social distancing and the use of nose and mouth masks since March.
Meanwhile, according to the local media, the commuter handling company, PT Kereta Komuter Indonesia (KCI) was also expected to implement the same instructions and regulations (prohibition on chatting in coaches).
The Jakarta government is expected to introduce a number of new protocols in the implementation of the new norm starting June 5, among which are expected to relax some large-scale social restriction rules (PSBBs) which were effective until June 4, to allow for more socio-economic activities.
To date, Covid-19 positive cases in Indonesia have steadily increased to 26,940 cases, with the death toll now at 1,641.
According to the Indonesian Government spokesman on Covid-19, Achmad Yurianto, for the 12 noon period yesterday until noon today, there were 467 new positive cases, while another 28 deaths occurred during the period.
“Currently 13,120 patients are still under surveillance for Covid-19,” he said in his daily press conference broadcast via the official YouTube of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Indonesia.
The Jakarta province recorded the highest death toll of 518 cases, followed by East Java (412 cases), West Java (144) and the rest in other regions of Indonesia.
— Bernama
