Wisma Athletes Lockdown, DKI Prepares Quarantine Facilities At Nagrak Flats

Wisma Kemayoran athletes/ Antara

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said the government is preparing facilities at the Nagrak Flats, Cilincing, North Jakarta as a quarantine location for Indonesian citizens traveling abroad.

"Everything is in the process, we make sure all the preparations for quarantine places. As before, we also prepare hospitals, various facilities, health workers, beds, ICU rooms, vitamin medicines, quarantine places, everything has been provided," said Riza at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 20.

The government has now opened the Nagrak Flat in Cilincing, North Jakarta for a centralized quarantine for PMI, students and state civil servants (ASN) as a quarantine reserve.

Previously, the Nagrak Flat was closed from the isolation place for COVID-19 patients because the case was starting to slant. Then, the Nagrak Flat was reopened because the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital (RSDC) Wisma Atlet Kemayoran was locked down for several days.

This was done after a janitor tested positive for COVID-19, the Omicron variant.

"The latest developments in the situation have forced the government to act quickly to prevent local transmission of the Omicron variant virus. Isolation of the RSDC is a step that is expected to be effective for this purpose," said the Head of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Suharyanto in a written statement. thousand. As for the health workers in the flats, Suharyanto said, later they would be brought in from the Jakarta Health Office (Dinkes).

The reason is because the number of health workers from the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran Hospital is limited and isolation will soon be carried out there. Two days ago I checked his readiness," he said.