Makassar Mayor Danny Pomanto Forms COVID-19 Hunter To Anticipate Increasing Case

Mayor of Makassar M. Ramdhan Pomanto (Danny Pomanto) ANTARA

MAKASSAR - The Government of Makassar City, South Sulawesi formed a COVID Hunter team to anticipate a spike in COVID-19 cases.

"This COVID Hunter includes health workers, doctors, and we are working with the National Army-Police personnel. They are tasked with hunting down patients as well as tracking around them," said Mayor of Makassar Moh Ramdhan Pomanto, as quoted by Antara, Thursday, May 27.

The plan is for the operational launch of the COVID Hunter team to be carried out on Friday, May 28. Data from the Task Force as of May 25, there were additional cases of 51 patients, 43 of whom were from Makassar City.

According to the man who is familiarly called Danny Pomanto, when referring to the increasing number, the team was immediately deployed so that the spread of the virus did not spread widely, given the condition after Eid, the movement of people would certainly have increased.

"The number of 43 people is high. We have to work together and pray for Makassar City to be free from COVID-19," he said.

The strategy of the COVID Hunter team will later mark a number of residents' houses that have been confirmed as suspected or confirmed positive after testing and tracking by officers.

"We mark the house with the inscription of this house under the supervision of the City Government. After that, we tested all the coffee shops, offices, and neighbors. So be careful, if positive, I will definitely quarantine the local offices and coffee shops that do not comply with health protocols," he said. 

Danny Pomanto hopes that the steps taken can reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Makassar. In addition, it is hoped that social recovery and adaptation can be carried out immediately without any virus disturbances.