Anies Baswedan's Thank You Letter to Nakes to Handle COVID-19 Viral in Today's Memory, March 26, 2020
JAKARTA - Today's memory, six years ago, March 26, 2020, the letter from the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan to health workers (nakes) who fought on the front lines against COVID-19 went viral everywhere. He thanked the health workers who treated COVID-19 patients.
Previously, Anies was known as a dexterous regional leader during the COVID-19 pandemic. He quickly understood the situation and issued the right policies. This condition made him get praise from many parties.
The presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia brought disaster. The number of infections has increased since the beginning of March. This condition brings panic everywhere. The central government is also trying to calm down and ask the people to increase their body immunity.
They believe that high immunity is an important lesson to avoid the corona virus. However, the virus from Wuhan does not work like that. COVID-19 is able to infect anyone, regardless of immune conditions. As a result, government directives are not really effective in slowing the spread of COVID-19.
Anies Baswedan took a stance. The Governor of DKI Jakarta chose to make a big decision himself. He started banning all kinds of activities that invite crowds. Anies began to limit activities in restaurants and the like.
He also temporarily canceled all religious activities in Jakarta. Religious activities are urged to be carried out at home. Jakarta residents can only carry out religious activities in public if the conditions are safe.
Anies' decision then drew praise. Many hoped that Anies' move would be followed by the central government.
"So today the agreement is that Friday prayers in Jakarta are postponed for two Fridays in the future, after that we will monitor again. The same is true for Sunday mass activities and services, which are also postponed for the next two weeks, we will monitor the development. "
"The same is true for Nyepi activities, the Hindu community who attended also conveyed that we appreciate the Nyepi activities that have been decided not to be carried out with crowds, so that crowded activities are abolished. This is in order to prevent the transmission from becoming faster," said Anies as quoted by lamandetik.com, March 19, 2020.
Anies' steps are not only in the realm of prevention alone. He asked his staff to be active in conducting COVID-19 tests and tracing the transmission. This condition makes hospitals in DKI Jakarta full.
As a result, Anies understands how hard the health workers work. They have to sacrifice themselves to work with the risk of contracting COVID-19. Anies also wrote a letter expressing his gratitude to the health workers in DKI Jakarta on March 26, 2020.
Anies also prepared a resting place for health workers as part of the appreciation. Anies' letter also went viral everywhere. The letter spread quickly via social media.
Many of the health workers felt touched by Anies' words of thanks. They think that not many people appreciate their work during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Mom, dad and colleagues I am proud of. On behalf of all Jakarta residents, please allow me to express my infinite gratitude for all the sacrifices and sincerity of Mom, Dad and colleagues who have fought to serve Jakarta residents during difficult times."
"A very noble struggle that is full of challenges and risks. This struggle strengthens the hope that God willing we will soon be able to get through this difficult time," said Anies as quoted by the ANTARA website, March 26, 2020.