COVID-19 Cases Soar, Joint Patrol Officers Ban Bangkalan Residents From Going Out Of Their Houses

BANGKALAN - Religious officers from the police and TNI elements circled around with loudspeakers prohibiting residents in Arosbaya Subdistrict, Bangkalan, East Java from leaving their homes following the number of residents in the area who were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

"This is a form of anticipating the spread of COVID-19, considering that the explosion of corona virus cases in Bangkalan is very worrying," said Bangkalan Police Chief AKBP Didik Hariyanto as quoted by Antara, Monday, June 7.

In addition to Arosbaya Sub-district, mobile broadcasts containing prohibitions on people not to leave their homes were also carried out by joint officers in three other sub-districts, namely in Bangkalan, Geger and Klampis sub-districts, Bangkalan.

The police also mobilized their personnel to go to villages to convey appeals directly to the community by involving Babinkamtibmas.

"So, we both deploy Babinkamtibmas and Babinsa to deliver direct counseling to the community," he said.

In addition to conveying the ban on leaving the house, the mobile broadcast by this joint officer also conveyed a message that Bangkalan residents did not travel to Surabaya, because currently Surabaya has tightened restrictions on Madurese who want to enter the area.

The spike in COVID-19 cases in Bangkalan Regency, Madura Island, East Java occurred after the Idul Fitri holiday.

According to data submitted by the Head of the Bangkalan Health Service (Dinkes) when delivering his presentation in a coordination meeting with the East Java Health Office at the Bangkalan Regency Government Hall, Sunday, June 6, the number of new active cases of COVID-19 in Bangkalan is now 169 cases, with the death toll as many as 34 cases.

The distribution of this case is in four sub-districts, namely Arosbaya, Bangkalan, Geger and Klampis sub-districts.

Of the total 169 cases, 18 of them are medical personnel at the Syarifah Ambami Rato Ebu Hospital and at the Arosbaya Health Center, Bangkalan.

Especially for Ratu Ebo Hospital Bangkalan, the provincial government has even prepared additional patient care beds to relax the hospital, which now has a high occupancy rate.

The East Java Provincial Government also continues to carry out strict tracing and testing of people who are in close contact.

"Holistic handling must be carried out, especially for tracing and testing and reducing BOR (bed occupancy). Because currently BOR in Bangkalan continues to increase, namely at Bangkalan Hospital there are 90 beds, but 73 units have been used," said the Head of the East Java Health Office. Dr. Herlin Ferliana.