Mayor Of Madiun Maidi Is Ready To Execute President Joko Widodo's Three Directions

COVID-19 Vaccination in Madiun/ Antara

JAKARTA - Mayor of Madiun Maidi said there were three directions from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) during a working visit in Madiun, East Java, regarding the handling of COVID-19 that the regional head must pay attention to.

"There are several instructions that President Jokowi has mentioned, including the handling of isoman residents, acceleration of vaccination, and the availability of drugs," said Maidi, who was also present at President Jokowi's working visit in Madiun, as reported by Antara, Thursday, August 19.

According to him, the handling of the three things instructed by the president has been the concern of the Madiun City Government so far.

Currently, the Madiun City Government is preparing a centralized isolation area by cooperating with the local TNI and Polri. The centralized isolation place provided is by utilizing a number of elementary and junior high school buildings in Madiun City which are near the puskesmas.

The results of data collection, there are 11 schools with 70 rooms closest to the location of the puskesmas. If one room is filled with 10 beds, it can accommodate 700 people.

"There is a tendency for new people to go to the hospital when symptoms are severe. Therefore, treatment is often delayed. Therefore, those who are isoman must be immediately transferred to centralized isolation to reduce deaths," he said.

Regarding vaccination, the Mayor of Maidi said that the achievement of vaccination in Madiun City had reached 60 percent of the target of 154,000 people. That number is close to the target of 70 percent vaccination in September.

It continues to boost vaccination services by gradually touching various levels of society. In addition to health workers and public servants who are prioritized, vaccines for the community currently touch the elderly, the elderly, the general public, students, to residents of the Madiun Correctional Institution (Lapas).

"The availability of medicine is also quite good in Madiun City. In fact, the city government has provided vitamins to the heads of RT and RW through the Tangguh Semeru Village program and 1 RT 1 Public Kitchen. People who need it, just go to their respective RT officers. Also masks, of course, " he added. President Jokowi paid a working visit to Madiun on Thursday, August 19. On that occasion, President Jokowi reviewed the mass vaccination process for students at SMPN 3 Mejayan and virtually monitored similar activities in various other areas.

In addition, he also reviewed the house-to-house vaccine activities in the Madiun Regency area which was held with BIN. For vaccines for students and door-to-door for the general public, Madiun City gets a total ration of 3,000 doses.

During the visit, the former Mayor of Solo and the Governor of DKI Jakarta also held a limited coordination meeting with the Governor of East Java and the mayors and regents of all East Java at the Ronggo Djumeno Pendopo, Madiun Regency. The Mayor of Madiun Maidi was also present at the activity.