Migrant Workers Return Province Experiences Increase In COVID-19 Cases, Riau Highest

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. Setkab)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KCP-PEN) Airlangga hartato said that a number of provinces experienced a sharp increase in COVID-19.

There are similarities between the provinces, which are both the location of the return of Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) from abroad.

"Out of the 30 provinces that carry out micro ppkm, 11 provinces experienced additional daily confirmation with 5 provinces that increased quite sharply, namely riau islands, Riau, South Sumatra, Aceh, and West Kalimantan. Partly it is the result of the arrival of migrant workers," Airlangga said in a virtual press conference, Monday, May 10.

Then, the bed occupancy ratio (BOR) or the level of proper sleep content in the province also increased past 50 percent as cases increased.

The details, North Sumatra 63.4 percent, Riau 59.1 percent, Riau Islands 59.9 percent, South Sumatra 56.6 percent, Jambi 56.2 percent, Lampung 50.8 percent, and West Kalimantan 50.6 percent.

"This is mainly the increase indeed occurring in Sumatra. Therefore, Sumatra is a concern of the government," said Airlangga.

Meanwhile, BOR in Java is relatively controlled. The average isolation bed and ICU of COVID-19 patients is below 40 percent. This figure is lowest during the Period of Micro PPKM.

Similarly, in the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital Wisma Atlet Kemayoranif we see in the athletes' guesthouse is relatively low, 21.47 percent filled with 1,287 beds from a capacity of 5,994 beds.