The Roro crossing in Bengkalis is still operating

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BENGKALIS - Bengkalis Regency Transportation Agency Head Djoko Edy Imhar said that, for the situation at the Roll On Off (RoRo) port of Air Putih Village - Sungai Selari, it is still operating as usual.

But even though this crossing line is not in Lockdown or closed. While the number of service users or passengers has decreased dramatically.

Djoko Edy Imhar stated that to prevent the spread of the corona virus, he had carried out spraying both in the waiting room and in the fleet routinely.

"We do spraying at the location of the port, the waiting room and also the fleet of ships. We also have urged the ship owner to inform the crossing service users to keep a distance while on the ship," said Djoko Edy Imhar Kadishub Bengkalis, Monday, March 30, 2020.

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Regarding the passenger health check up, Djoko said that so far it could not be done.

"We have tried to ask the Health Office for temperature measuring devices, but because they are rare, these items are not in the Transportation Agency," said Djoko.

In addition Kadishub also added that in addition to the port of Roro it also alerted members to serve the welcome of Indonesian citizens from Bengkalis who had just returned from Malaysia at the port of Bandar Sri Laksamana (BSL), which until now still continued to arrive.

"To carry out health checks in BSL, there are also related parties such as from the DHO, TNI and Polri, and because the Bandar Sri Setia Raja Port (BSSR) is closed, we move the body temperature gauges there and put them in BSL," he said .

Djoko admitted, for his present condition he still lacked personal protective equipment (PPE), one of which was a mask that was difficult to obtain.

"We also need PPE for our members in the field but because the goods are difficult to obtain, we use limited APD," ??he said again. (R24 / Hari)

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