West Jakarta Kodim Deploys 200 Personnel To Guard Area Quarantine Locations

West Jakarta Kodim Guards Quarantine Location/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - West Jakarta Kodim 0503 deployed 200 personnel to guard the COVID-19 red zone and limited quarantine (micro lockdown). The 200 personnel are personnel from the Koramil who are in every sub-district in the West Jakarta area. We are also involved in maintaining the centralized isolation areas at the Hasyim Asy'ari Mosque and Pesaki Daan Mogot Flats," said the Military District Commander (Dandim) 0503 West Jakarta (Jakbar) Lieutenant Colonel Kav I Made Maha Yudhiksa when confirmed in Jakarta, Thursday February 10. He said hundreds of personnel were assigned to guard every entrance in the quarantine area.

There they are also tasked with giving appeals to residents to apply health protocols such as wearing masks and maintaining social distance. In addition, every Koramil personnel in the sub-district is to build an emergency post. The command post is used to accommodate food aid before it is handed over to residents. "The function of the post is more for complaints and tracking and is useful for accommodating logistics for residents who are quarantined, for example, if there is assistance from other parties, we accommodate it there and distribute it," he said. He ensured that the personnel and emergency posts would continue to be in the red zone locations until the area changed to a yellow zone status. Previously, the Deputy Chief of the West Jakarta Metro Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police (AKBP) Bismo Teguh Prakoso said, currently there are 37 locations categorized as COVID-19 red zone restrictions were imposed. "The red zone points are spread over several sub-districts including Pal Merah, Kalideres, Cengkareng and Kembangan," he said. COVID-19 red zone.