Before Circulated, Bank Indonesia Quarantined Money for 14 Days and Sprayed by Disinfectants

TRIBUNBATAM.id, BATAM - To prevent the spread of Corona virus through coins, both banknotes or paper money, Bank Indonesia (BI) Representatives of Riau Islands established a security protocol for money.

One of them, BI did quarantine for 14 days before being distributed to the market.

"BI Quarantine for 14 days the deposit money from banks or Rupiah Money Processing Services Providers (PJPUR).

Continued with the process of spraying disinfectant before processing and distributing the money back to the public, " said Head of Bank Indonesia Representative of Riau Islands Province Musni Hardi K Atmaja.

This was done, said Musni, to minimize the spread of Corona virus through rupiah currency.

Because of the touch from human hand.

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The reason 14 days was quarantined, because it followed the incubation period.

It is estimated, after day 14 the virus will die by itself.

"We hope that this pandemic will ended soon. And all sectors can be active as usual," he added.

Before being distributed it must go through a process of spraying disinfectant on the facility.

Including infrastructure and mining areas, including money processing equipment and asking banks / PJPUR to pay attention to aspects of K3 (Security, Health, Safety) in terms of HR and rupiah currency processing devices.

So far, the activities in BI itself have run normally. (TRIBUNBATAM.id/Leo Halawa)

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