Good News, BOR In Isoter Babel For COVID-19 Patients Is Only Filled With 26.8 Percent

Centralized Isolation (Isoter) in Babylon (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The compliance of the residents of the Bangka Belitung Islands to follow the health protocol has sweet fruit. The Bangka Belitung Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated that 1,015 of the 1,387 "bed occupancy rate" (BOR) or beds in 90 Central Isolation (Isoter) locations in the local area had not been filled with COVID-19 patients.

"Currently, there are 372 patients with COVID-19 who are undergoing isolation in isolation, while 2,643 people are undergoing isomanism," said Secretary of the Babel Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Mikron Antariksa in Pangkalpinang, quoted from ANTARA, September 11.

He explained that as many as 1,015 BORs that had not been used by COVID-19 patients were spread in Isoter, Babel Islands Province, 73 units, Pangkalpinang 28, Central Bangka 113, South Bangka 69, West Bangka 216, Bangka 70. Belitung 274 and East Belitung 172 units.

"Currently 26.82 percent of the total BOR has been filled, while the rest are empty," he said.

According to him, the existence and provision of isoter facilities is currently an urgent matter and an urgent need as a form of health service to the community as well as to ensure that COVID-19 cases can be controlled and suppressed and break the chain of the spread of COVID-19.

"We continue to encourage the public to use this isoter so that COVID-19 patients are handled and get good health services," he said.

Regional Secretary of Pangkalpinang City, Radmida Dawam said that the Pangkalpinang City Government has prepared 65 additional units of BOR in one Isoter location.

"We added one more Isoter location with a capacity of 65 BOR units. Previously, there was only one in the former Girimaya Health Center, now we have added another at the UPT Learning Activity Center," he said.