Pelni Prepares KM Sirimau To Be A Floating COVID-19 Patient Quarantine Location In Sorong City

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SORONG - PT Pelni provided KM Sirimau to be used as a floating and centralized quarantine place for COVID-19 patients in Sorong City, West Papua.

Head of Pelni Sorong Branch Muhammad Lutfi Israr Sutan said the initial plan for KM Sangiang to be used as a centralized quarantine place for COVID-19 patients in Sorong City, but the capacity was small so it was replaced with KM Sirimau.

According to him, KM Sirimau has a capacity of more than 1,000 passengers so that if you apply the social distancing system on the ship, it can accommodate as many as 500 COVID-19 patients.

Launching Antara, Friday, August 13, KM Sirimau was on his way to Sorong City via Kaimana Port and Dobo Port.

KM Sirimau last docked at Dobo Port, Maluku, dropped the passengers and then immediately sailed to Sorong, which is expected to arrive on August 16, 2021 in the morning.

"On the way from Dobo Maluku to Sorong, cleaning and repairs will be carried out to prepare for the quarantine of COVID-19 patients," he said.

Later when the ship arrives at the port of Sorong, a joint team from Pelni, the Sorong City COVID-19 Handling Task Force, and other relevant agencies will check the readiness of the ship.

In addition, he added, seeing the lack of facilities to support the quarantine of COVID-19 patients.