Receiving PPE From Jokowi, Anies Immediately Distributed It To The Puskesmas

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JAKARTA - Early this morning, 40 thousand personal protective equipment (PPE) came to the DKI City Hall. This PPE was sent by the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19, through the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) which was an order of President Joko Widodo.

The equipment for medical personnel in handling patients with the COVID-19 virus is temporarily stored in front of the office of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

This afternoon, Anies is ready to take him to various health facilities in Jakarta. Both to referral hospitals and health centers, which are now also being prepared to detect whether or not patients suspected of contracting the corona virus are positive.

"Today it is also sent directly to all referral hospitals and to health facilities that handle patients or people under surveillance or patients under surveillance, including at the puskesmas that conduct early detection in the field if there are suspected positive cases," said Anies at the DKI City Hall Central Jakarta, March 23.

The PPE that will be distributed can only be used once. For use, you must also follow the existing procedures. If the use and removal of PPE is out of order, it will endanger the health of medical personnel.

Before distributing, Anies asked several of his staff to try out the PPE containing the Disposable Coverall Gown and other equipment, just to prove the completeness of the equipment.

"Gown Coverall is the outfit, if there is a complete set of PPE, there are gloves, masks, eye patches," said Anies.

Anies hopes that this equipment can help medical officers who are currently at the forefront. This is because the main challenge faced by medical workers is that they do not contract the corona virus from the patients they treat.

For information, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo said the government had obtained as many as 105 thousand personal protective equipment, such as masks, hand sanitizers, and others. This PPE will soon be distributed to emergency response areas.

"Alhamudulillah, on Saturday, yesterday, we prepared another 105 thousand PPE which today will be distributed to all hospitals in the country," he said in Jakarta, Monday, March 23.

Of that amount, said Jokowi, a number of PPE had been divided into smaller amounts to be distributed to several regions. For DKI Jakarta, about 45 thousand units are allocated.

Then, 40 thousand units will be distributed to three regions, namely, West Java, Central Java, East Java, and the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Bali. Furthermore, another 10 thousand units will be distributed to areas outside Java. "10 thousand (personal protective equipment) again as backup," said Jokowi.