Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Asks Bali To Increase 3T To Reduce COVID-19 Cases

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin chaired a coordination meeting on the handling of COVID-19 in Bali via video conference, Thursday (30/7/2021). ANTARA/HO-Asdep KIP Setwapres

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asked the Bali Provincial Government to increase testing, tracking, and treatment or testing, tracing, treatment (3T) to reduce the number of active COVID-19 cases in the area. "The problem is the positivity rate in Bali. still very far above the WHO (World Health Organization) standard, which is 5 percent, while the positivity rate in Bali is 38.3 percent, this is still high," said the Vice President while chairing a coordination meeting of the Bali COVID-19 Task Force (Satgas) in a video which was distributed by the Secretary to the Vice President, Friday. The Vice President asked the Bali Provincial Government to increase the number of tests to 15,000 per 1,000,000 population because the positivity rate in Bali is more than 25 percent. "The number of testing in Bali is already above the WHO standard, which is 1,000 tests per 1,000. 000 residents in one week. However, it needs to be reviewed and adjusted to the Ministry of Home Affairs that if the positivity rate of an area is above 25 percent, the number of tests needs to be increased to 15,000 per 1. In addition, the Vice President appealed to the Bali Provincial Government to increase treatment beds and isolation locations in all regencies and cities because the number of active COVID-19 cases in Bali continues to increase. In fact, in Buleleng Regency the bed occupancy rate (BOR) reaches 94 percent.

Regarding the availability of treatment rooms for COVID-19 patients in Bali, Bali Governor Wayan Koster asked the Vice President to accelerate the addition of beds so that the BOR is lower. Wayan said that his party had coordinated with the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) to add beds in a number of hospitals in Bali. "Please Mr. Vice President, please encourage the Minister of PUPR to accelerate the addition of beds in Bali Province," said Wayan. Meanwhile, Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono said that BOR in Bali was in the moderate category because active cases began sloping. However, the capacity of treatment beds needs to be increased to anticipate a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases. "There are 2,312 available bed capacities, of which 1,787 isolation beds have been used, so there are approximately 600 more beds that can be increased in capacity. to fill in if there are patients who want to enter the isolation place," said Dante.