COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise, Jokowi Orders Ministries And Institutions To Prepare Isolation Rooms For Patients

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Screenshot)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo ordered all ministries and institutions to prepare self-isolation rooms for COVID-19 patients. This is because the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.

This was conveyed by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung in the Presidential Secretariat Youtube broadcast.

"With the high number of patients in self-isolation, institutional ministries are asked to be proactive in making self-isolation at their respective institutional ministries", said Pramono, Friday, July 16.

If the ministry, agency, or local government has large facilities, they are required to prepare a room that can accommodate at least 300 self-isolated patients.

"If the ministry, institution, or regional government is large, the minimum can be 300 to 500 patients. For that, make it well, be prepared", said Pramono.

Then, the government is also responsible for preparing all medicines for the self-isolation patients who will join.

For information, currently, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has reached 504.915 cases. Today, there were an additional 54 thousand positive confirmed cases, with the total cases reaching 2.780.803 people.

Today's recovered cases increased by 28.079 cases, bringing the total to 2.204.491 people recovered. Then, positive confirmed cases who died increased by 290 people and a total of 54.043 people.

Positive results per number of specimens examined or the positivity rate this week was 41.46 percent. For the number of people suspected of being infected with COVID-19 or currently categorized as suspected cases, it is recorded at 226.551 people.