COVID-19 Increases, Grobogan Begins To Insulate At The Entrance

JAKARTA - The Grobogan Regency COVID-19 Handling Task Force continues to boost efforts to control COVID-19, which has tended to increase over the past two weeks. Several efforts have been made, starting from spraying disinfection to blocking the entrances.

Head of the BPBD of Grobogan Regency, Endang Sulistyoningsih, said that the activities that included disinfection were carried out by targeting several locations such as the banking office, the Grobogan Regency Environmental Service Office, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Office of Grobogan Regency and the Catra Hotel, as a place for self-isolation for COVID-19 patients.

In addition, said Endang, the Grobogan Regency COVID-19 Handling Task Force, which consists of elements of the TNI, Police, Civil Service Police Unit, Health Service, BPBD Grobogan Regency, volunteers and related agencies also conducts isolation and restrictions on community mobility at three points that are the entrances to the Regency Grobogan.

The partition was first carried out in Wandankemiri Village, Klambu District, which is the entrance to Kudus Regency. Furthermore, it was carried out in Sumberjatitree Village, Grobogan District which became the entrance to the Pati Regency area.

"Then in Bugel Village in Godong District, which is the access to enter the Grobogan Regency area from Demak and Semarang", she said in an official statement, quoted on Sunday, June 20.

Then, said Endang, other efforts made to reduce the number of COVID-19 in Grobogan Regency, the local Task Force also implemented the 'One Day at Home Only' movement which was carried out last weekend and this morning, Sunday, June 20.

The implementation is that local people are asked not to move outside their homes starting at 05.00 to 05.00 the next day or for 24 hours.

Meanwhile, based on data from the Grobogan District Health Office as of Saturday, June 19, COVID-19 cases had increased by 66 people. While the recovered patients increased by 23 people and 4 people died.