New Type Of Corona Virus Entering RI, DPR Urges The Minister Of Health To Move Quickly To Take Prevention

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission IX of the DPR Nurhadi asked the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) to move quickly and be more active in taking preventive steps and targeted actions related to the new type of Corona virus from England or B.1.1.7 which was found in Karawang, West Java.

"The government must carry out further tracking and research to anticipate the spread of the new mutation. In order to know for sure immediately whether the COVID-19 health protocol treatment is still the same or not for patients identified with this new mutation," said Nurhadi, Thursday, March 4. .

The NasDem politician reminded the government to tighten the entrance to Indonesia to prevent variants from spreading. In addition, monitoring must be carried out in the field by officers at the door of arrival and various elements involved, including the Ministry of related institutions together with the COVID-19 task force.

"We urge residents to remain calm and not panic," said Nurhadi.

The East Java legislator also appealed to all parties to be more disciplined in implementing the 3M health protocol. "Never neglect this process. Anyone can be infected, the form of our efforts is to carry out the 3M process," he appealed.

Nurhadi also asked the government to accelerate the vaccination program so that people get even virus protection.

"I ask the Indonesian Ministry of Health to continue to accelerate the vaccination process, it must be fast, precise and targeted," he concluded.

Previously, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil asked the Karawang Regency Government to immediately anticipate the spread of the corona virus mutation from England or B.1.1.7 which had been found in Karawang Regency.

"Don't let it be missed. We can't control it, while it's still small, it must be detected immediately. If it's late, the treatment price is very expensive," Emil said, as he is fondly called, after a coordination meeting for handling COVID-19 at Makodam III Siliwangi, Bandung City. , Wednesday, March 3.

He explained that this new variant of the corona virus infected two Karawang residents after traveling from abroad. Currently, the Covid Task Force team has been tracking the family.

"The virus variant B.1.1.7 UK was detected in Karawang, from residents of Karawang who traveled by Qatar Airways aircraft, according to the landing procedure, was isolated for 10 days. We are currently tracing. We will test repeatedly to make sure there is nothing harmful. declared negative from the new variant virus, but still in isolation. We are not sure. Still (in isolation) in our respective homes, "he said.