Anticipate Disasters During The G20 Summit In Bali, Head Of BNPB: We Are Ready To Do What And How To

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto. (ANTARAHO-BNPB)

JAKARTA - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. Suharyanto ensured a number of preparations in dealing with potential disasters ahead of the G20 summit in Badung, Bali.

Suharyanto conveyed that to increase disaster management capacity, BNPB some time ago carried out a Table Top Exercise (TTX) involving all elements of the multi-party involved in organizing the G20 Summit.

"Regarding natural disasters, we have carried out TTX, the point is that when a disaster occurs, we are ready to do what we want and what we want, we have been trained," said Suharyanto while attending a ministerial level meeting to discuss the Implementation of the G20 Summit (KTT) which was held in Badung, Bali, on Tuesday, October 4, it was confiscated from Antara.

Suharyanto was present accompanied by BNPB officials and the Task Force for Handling Face and Kuku Diseases (PMK). Suharyanto, who is also the head of the PMK Task Force, said that ahead of the G20 Summit, had accelerated the arrival of an animal vaccine in Bali.

"We added a vaccinator team and vaccines until the end of October with a target of 80 percent of the vaccines, which have been vaccinated, an antibody vaccine has increased by 99.54 percent," he said.

Suharyanto added that testing had been carried out on livestock in Bali and those who were exposed had been cut. "Testing has been carried out and six positives have been cut conditionally," he said.

On the same occasion, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan asked BNPB to prepare steps related to handling PMK and also potential natural disasters.

"The first is the preparation related to PMK, the second is the possibility of the eruption of Mount Agung and the third is of course an earthquake," said Luhut.

In addition to the Head of BNPB and the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the meeting was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Communication and Information, Minister of Law and Human Rights, Minister of Health, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Governor of Bali and parties involved in the G20 Summit event.