Coordinating Minister Luhut Asks Local Government To Prepare Special Isolation For Pregnant Women

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JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment as the Coordinator of the Java-Bali PPKM Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan asked the local government to immediately establish a special isolation center for pregnant women infected with COVID-19.

"The central government encourages local governments to immediately establish special isolation centers for pregnant women, because this is very important. We saw yesterday in Batu (Malang) that they were already running," he said, quoted by Antara, Monday, August 16.

Luhut said that apart from providing isolation centers for pregnant women, he also emphasized the priority of vaccination for pregnant women and the provision of referral hospital facilities for pregnant women who were confirmed positive. This is done to reduce the mortality rate in pregnant women.

The Deputy Chair of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPC PEN) emphasized that to control this pandemic, the government puts forward three pillars.

These pillars are the rapid increase in vaccination coverage, the high application of 3T (testing, tracing, treatment), and 3M compliance, especially regarding the use of good masks.

"In dealing with this pandemic, the government puts forward the issue of prudence properly. Do not let the improvements that we have achieved so hard will then return to being in vain," he said.

Luhut also appealed and invited people who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 to enter isolation centers where medicines, health workers and food were guaranteed.

In addition, Luhut also asked that the momentum for the commemoration of Indonesia's Independence in 2021 can be used tomorrow to do hard work together in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The handling of the pandemic can be carried out thanks to the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia and the cooperation of all parties ranging from ministers, institutional leaders, TNI-Polri, governors, regional heads of regents to mayors, epidemiologist experts, academics, students to volunteers, doctors, all who maybe I can not mention one by one," he said.

He said throughout history in these 100 years, there has never been a case as severe as the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This is a case that should not be handled by one person feeling that he or she knows best and understands the most," he said.

Luhut also revealed that the government was not fully satisfied with the existing achievements. The government will continue to work to resolve and get out of this pandemic storm.

"And the government also continues to hope that the community will take an active role in continuing to maintain health protocols, especially in wearing masks, so that we can all get out of this pandemic storm," he concluded.