Aceh Tsunami Museum closed amid Aceh’s growing Covid infection rate

Banda Aceh, Aceh (ANTARA) – The Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh is closed to visitors after the city’s COVID-19 infection rate increased in the aftermath of the recent Idul Fitri holiday season.

“Due to the growing infection rate, the museum has again been closed until further notice,” Head of the Aceh Tsunami Museum Hafnidar said here on Tuesday.

Apart from the significant hike in COVID-19 cases, the instructions from the home minister and Aceh governor had also prompted the museum management to announce the closure, she said.

Based upon the Aceh Governor’s Instruction No.08/INSTR/2021, the imposition of micro-scale public activity restrictions (PPKM-Mikro) in Aceh has been extended, she added.

Hafnidar said the museum, which preserves the legacies of past tsunamis in…