TNI Commander: Suppress COVID-19 In Kudus By Accelerating Vaccination

JAKARTA - TNI Commander Marshal TNI Hadi Tjahjanto said that the acceleration of national vaccination, including in Kudus Regency, Central Java, was important to suppress the spread of positive cases of COVID-19.

"The surge in cases of the spread of COVID-19 in Kudus is currently not under control. In fact, the number of villages/kelurahan that have entered the red zone category has increased until now," said Marshal Hadi while monitoring the Vaccination Raid with Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit. Prabowo and BNPB Head Lt. Gen. Ganip Warsito in Kudus, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 17.

Marshal Hadi again reminded the importance of public awareness in implementing health protocol discipline.

"We should make the discipline of health protocols our main requirement by always wearing masks, maintaining distance, and washing hands," said Marshal Hadi.

Confirmed cases that can be identified as soon as possible will allow for better treatment and prevent wider transmission.

"Optimize the function of micro-scale PPKM by helping enforce health protocols, monitoring active cases, and implementing self-isolation discipline," said the TNI Commander.

The TNI Commander also reminded micro-scale PPKM officers to always be ready to help carry out testing and tracing in order to find positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 as soon as possible.

"In addition, the implementation of micro-scale PPKM is also strictly, both in the red zone, orange zone, and in the yellow zone, in accordance with the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2021 concerning the Enforcement of Micro-Based PPKM and the Establishment of COVID-19 Handling Posts at the National Level. Villages and Sub-Districts," said Marshal Hadi.

The vaccination target at the first point on Thursday is 5,000 doses, while at the second point there are 13,000 doses which will be carried out for 2 days.