Mayor Of Bogor, Bima Arya, Is Disappointed That The Health Office Is Slow To Handle COVID-19
BOGOR - Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the Health Office. Bima Arya assessed that the Health Office was slow in handling and anticipating COVID-19 in the city.
"The handling of COVID-19 is not fast enough. The Health Office is not fast and very slow in dealing with COVID-19. The Health Office should have been able to move fast," Bima Arya said at the Bogor City Hall, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 30.
According to Bima Arya, the Health Office has been slow in handling COVID-19, especially in the process of "tracing, testing, and treatment for residents." The Health Office should have moved quickly in tracing, testing and treatment, to reduce the increase in the spread of positive cases of COVID-19. "he said.
Bima Arya emphasized that from his evaluation there will be changes and the changes will be announced in January 2021. "The plan for changes in January, my focus is on the Health Office," he said.
According to Bima, the plan for handling COVID-19 in 2021, increases prevention and anticipation, namely by strengthening surveillance work and "tracing, testing, and treatment".
On this occasion, Bima stated that efforts to prevent the spread of positive cases of COVID-19 continued to increase, because public concern and awareness for self-protection had decreased. "Currently, many people have neglected to implement health protocols," he said.
The decline in public awareness and awareness, he said, did not only occur in Bogor City, but also in other areas. "I went to Bandung yesterday and saw the same problem. So, the residents' concern must be improved. Residents must be reminded. I think the key is there," he said.
Based on daily data on the handling of COVID-19 at the Bogor City Health Office, until Wednesday, December 30, positive cases of COVID-19 in the area reached 5,127 cases.
Of these, 928 positive cases were still sick (active). Meanwhile, the addition of positive cases on Wednesday was 73 cases.