143 Health Workers In Kudus Exposed To COVID-19, Task Force Asks For Help From The Ministry Of Health

Illustration-COVID Patients in Hospital (Photo: ANTARA)

KUDUS - The number of health workers (nakes) in Kudus Regency, Central Java who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 reached 143 people. They were previously involved in handling exposed patients when cases in Kudus were soaring.

"The health workers were exposed to a period when there was a surge in COVID-19 patients. Of these, most of them were self-isolating and around 15 were being treated," said the spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling in Kudus Regency, Andini Aridewi in Kudus, Antara , Monday, May 31.

Health workers who were exposed to COVID-19 came from various health facilities such as 14 puskesmas and three from hospitals. Health workers undergoing treatment usually have complaints such as fever, respiratory and digestive infections.

With this incident, the Kudus Health Office is also making an inventory of the need for health workers to submit assistance to the Ministry of Health in the hope that there will be additional health workers treating COVID-19 patients.

Other efforts are also being made, such as collaborating with professional organizations to increase human resources in several hospitals. Several private hospitals in Kudus have also started recruiting new staff to meet the needs.

The most important thing, he said, is that the community also adheres to more stringent health protocols, so that there are no new cases of COVID-19 transmission.

The Head of Nursing at the Loekmono Hadi Kudus Hospital, Edy Susanto, confirmed that at the Kudus Hospital there were 25 health workers who were exposed to COVID-19. Four of them were undergoing treatment and others were self-isolating.

Health workers who undergo self-isolation, he said, also get a supply of vitamins to increase their immunity and restore their health.