Update On COVID-19 As Of May 11: Protocol For The Repatriation Of Migrant Workers

Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) (BNPB document)

JAKARTA - Government spokesman for the handling of COVID-19 Achmad Yurianto (Yuri) presented temporary data on cases of the spread of the corona virus or COVID-19 as of Monday, May 11. There was an addition of 233 positive cases. In total, as many as 14,265 people contracted the virus.

Meanwhile, there is good news about the increase in the number of recovered patients as well as 183 patients. That way, around 2,881 people recovered from COVID-19.

Based on the data, Central Java is the region with the highest number of recovered cases with 56 patients followed by other regions.

Meanwhile, the number of patients dying is still increasing. Even though the number of additional people was only a little or 18 people, if we counted that in total 991 people had died due to the SARS-CoV virus.

The number of people under monitoring (ODP) is around 249,105 with an addition of 415 people. Meanwhile, for patients under surveillance (PDP) there were 31,994 with the addition of 1,677 people.

Repatriation of Migrant Workers

On this occasion, Yuri mentioned the Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) who are starting to return to their homeland. This has an impact on public concern over the spread of the virus.

If it goes backwards, the corona virus first entered Indonesia through people who have a history from abroad or known as imported cases. For this reason, the government has prepared anticipatory steps to deal with this.

"The government has strictly established health protocols to protect them (PMI) from getting sick," said Yuri.

Apart from that, migrant workers also have to go through closely supervised medical examinations. Then, the protocol for preventing the spread of COVID-19 will also be implemented in all international access, both by land and sea.

On the other hand, Yuri asked the public not to view the protocol for preventing the spread of COVID-19 as a government step to hinder the process of returning migrant workers. This was done solely to prevent the emergence of clusters as a result of the repatriation.

"We beg to understand that their return process is not ours to hinder and complicate things, but merely that we can protect everything maximally," said Yuri.