Regarding The Face-to-face Learning, The Indonesian Doctors Association Makassar Asks For It To Be Reconsidered

MAKASSAR – Face-to-face learning program will be realized in the near future. However, the Makassar City Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) requested and hoped that the opening of face-to-face schools would still be carefully considered, even though the teachers had been vaccinated.

Head of Makassar City IDI Dr. dr. Siswanto Wahab Sp.KK through his official statement in Makassar, Tuesday, stated that ideally, preparation for school openings does not only rely on teacher vaccinations but also on students.

"Who wants to be responsible if the children get COVID-19, let alone dying due to COVID-19. Supposedly teachers and students had to finish being vaccinated before they could study the matter of opening face-to-face learning", he said as reported by Antara.

If it has not been done, then Dr. Siswanto confirms that IDI Makassar does not approve of face-to-face school activities that are held in a limited or unlimited manner.

According to him, a series of interaction processes to school has a great potential to cause transmissions to students starting from they leaving until returning home.

"There are those who take public transportation, when they arrive at school there must be a phase of interaction between students who have not been vaccinated", he said.

All school residents starting from teachers, students, and staff as part of the community have the same risk of contracting and transmitting COVID-19, so IDI hopes that all school equipment will be vaccinated.

After being vaccinated, the problem has not been resolved. Discipline education for clean, healthy living, strict application of 3M health protocols such as wearing masks, keeping a distance by avoiding crowds, and washing hands from home to school must be ensured.

In addition, preparing children's health support needs such as masks, food and drinking water, hand sanitizers, so that transportation plans must be sterilized by ensuring that they are safe from COVID-19 transmission.

He further explained that logically adults still often violate the health protocols or COVID-19 health protocols, especially students who still want to be free to interact, such as playing and playing games.

IDI Makassar suggested that the government should focus on preventing COVID-19 control by increasing testing and tracing to prevent and reduce those infected with the coronavirus, symptomatic or not.

"Ideally, for South Sulawesi, 1.200-1.300 swab/PCR tests are carried out. COVID-19 positive tested people are excluded", he said.

Furthermore, Dr. Anto said there are three important points in paying attention to the future of children, namely the right of children to live, the right of children's health, and the right of children to get an education. Face-to-face learning is carried out in a process that remains a major concern.