Doni Monardo Asks All Red Zone Neighborhoods To Emulate Micro Lockdown In Payo Selincah Jambi

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 asked all neighborhoods with red zone criteria or high-risk zones of COVID-19 to implement micro lockdown.

"If in one neighborhood found there are 5 houses that are positive of COVID-19, then it is expected that there is an initiative to conduct micro lockdown", Doni said in a coordination meeting that aired on Pusdalops BNPB's YouTube, Sunday, May 16.

Doni asked all neighborhoods with red zones to emulate the application of micro lockdown in Payo Selincah Village. There were 28 people exposed to COVID-19 out of a total of 52 citizens in one neighborhood.

"There is one neighborhood with a community leader, Mr. Ali who became a pioneer to move the community to comply with the recommendations of the government in implementing micro lockdown", said Doni.

In the red zone neighborhood, all cases of COVID-19 must undergo self-isolation with strict supervision. Meanwhile, elderly, vulnerable groups or comorbid people can be evacuated to referral hospitals.

Then close contact tracking, all places of worship are closed, do not gather more than 3 people, as well as eliminate social activities, and restrict in and out of the area after 20:00 p.m. local time.

Doni considers controlling the spread of coronavirus on a small community scale such as neighborhood can reduce the rate of transmission of cases that occur in Indonesia.

"The micro lockdown strategy will be effective in my opinion. if this can be done throughout Indonesia, then our burden in the face of COVID-19 will not be too heavy", said Doni.

"Given that every long holiday must be followed by active cases that are recalled, hospital availability, and hospital patients are increasing, and mortality rates are increasing", he added.