Screening Of Travelers, Bakauheni Port Prepares 200 Thousand More Antigen Tests

Chairman of the Task Force on Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo (Photo: BNPB documentation)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Task Force on Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo reviews the preparation of backflow at Bakauheni Port, South Lampung, Lampung Province.

In its review, Bakauheni Port prepared 200 thousand antigen swab test kits used for screening the condition of travelers who will return home. In addition, there are also an additional 12 thousand antigens from the Health Office and 50 thousand stocks in the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

Doni said, Lampung Provincial Government has provided several isolation facilities such as flats and guesthouses. If there are people infected with COVID-19 and symptomatic, then the Health Office should immediately make efforts to handle and refer to the referral hospital.

"While of these travelers who experience symptoms, and are a vulnerable group, it must be at the first opportunity to be hospitalized that has been prepared by the Lampung Provincial Government," Doni said in his statement, Sunday, May 16.

Then, if needed, the Central Government will provide support by preparing hotels or lodges available in lampung area.

"If this is still lacking, then the Central Government will provide support to prepare hotels or lodges available in lampung, and surrounding areas," said Doni.

Doni said that this effort aims to ensure that no transmission triggers a spike in COVID-19 cases in other regions. According to him, the collaboration of central and local government elements has been done well, so he believes the existing obstacles can be overcome more easily.

"We believe that with an integrated system, the obstacles in the field will be solved more easily," he concluded.

According to pt ASDP Pelabuhan Bakauheni report, there are at least 440,014 people who have traveled from Merak to Bakauheni from April 22 to May 15, 2021. According to predictions, the figure will return in a relatively short period of time.