450 Kodam IV/Diponegoro Personnel Help Handling COVID-19 In Kudus

A total of 450 Kodam IV/Diponegoro personnel are being prepared to be deployed to each village in Kudus Regency, Central Java (ANTARA)

KUDUS - As many as 450 Kodam IV/Diponegoro personnel are being prepared to be deployed to each village in Kudus Regency, Central Java.

Kodam personnel assist TNI personnel in each Koramil in enforcing health protocols as an effort to suppress COVID-19 cases in the area.

"Later on, the number of personnel who will be seconded in each military rayon command (koramil) will be adjusted to the number of areas in each sub-district that are included in the red zone," said the Commander of Kodim 0722/Kudus Lt. Col. Kav Indarto after the inspection of Kudus COVID-19 Task Force in the yard of Kodim0722/Kudus as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 2.

The call for the Kodam IV/Diponegoro troops was led by the Head of the COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) who is also the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lt. Gen. TNI Ganip Warsito.

For the time being, he said, in Kudus Regency there are 42 villages with red zone status.

The hope, he said, would be to increase the number of personnel in areas that fall into the red zone to assist the Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibas duties to pressure the public to be more obedient to health protocols.

He explained that the duties of the additional personnel were the same as the babinsa and bhainkhamtibmas so far, because their presence was to strengthen the existing officers.

"So far, it has been seen from the percentage that only 60 percent are obedient to the health procedures, because some do not believe in COVID-19. Slowly, a humanistic approach will be taken to comply with the health procedures," he said.

To overcome the current surge in COVID-19 cases in Kudus, he added, it requires quick steps so that the cases will continue to decline.

The hundreds of Kodam personnel will be assigned until June 14, 2021, so that before the end of their tenure, the COVID-19 cases in Kudus Regency will be sloping.

He advised the personnel to carry out their duties with enthusiasm, because they were trusted to carry out these tasks.