Jokowi Ensures There Are Still Many Covid-19 Isolation Places Available

Kemayoran Athlete House (DOK. Ministry of PUPR)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the government continues to add isolation places for people exposed to COVID-19. Jokowi said there were still empty spaces for the community, especially in the DKI Jakarta area to carry out independent isolation.

"The government continues to add to the isolation area for COVID-19 without symptoms or with mild symptoms. We can see that at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital Kemayoran, this is still empty to accommodate 2,581 people," Jokowi said when opening a limited meeting with the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery broadcast on the YouTube account of the Presidential Secretariat, Monday, September 14.

Jokowi then detailed the level of availability of isolation places, namely at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital Kemayoran, Jakarta, as many as 858 rooms in Tower 6. There are also 1,723 rooms in Tower 7 that can be used for patients with mild symptoms.

Then for self-isolating flats in the same location, 4,863 are still available in Tower 3 and Tower 5.

In addition, to prevent communities from self-isolating and potentially creating family clusters, the government has also prepared a number of hotels to become locations for independent isolation.

"We have collaborated with one-star, two-star hotels to become quarantine facilities. Please convey this. Currently there are 15 two and three star hotels in Jakarta with a capacity of 3000 and we have collaborated with existing hotel groups," he stressed.

So he asked for data related to the location of isolation and the number to be continuously conveyed to the public. Moreover, not only in Jakarta, the readiness of isolation places for people in other areas has also been considered by the government.

"There are also at the Health Training Center in Ciloto there are also 653 people who can be accommodated, and several in Bapelkes Batam, Semarang, Makassar are also being prepared," he said.

Meanwhile, for patients with moderate or severe conditions requiring further treatment, Jokowi ordered the Minister of Health (Menkes) Terawan Agus Putranto to ensure the number of beds and ICU rooms.

In addition, he also asked Terawan to immediately audit and correct a number of security protocols in the hospital that are currently in force.

"I ask the Minister of Health to audit and correct the security protocol for health workers and patients throughout the hospital. So that the hospital becomes a safe place and does not become a cluster for the spread of COVID-19," he concluded.