Task Force Will Bring COVID-19 Positive Residents Who Wander To Isoter

ILLUSTRATION/ Grand Indonesia Mall Jakarta/ PHOTO: Mahesa ARK-VOI

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated that it would refer any person who is positive for COVID-19 or is in the black category based on the PeduliLindung application, to a centralized isolation facility (isoter). Supervision of residents in public areas will be increased.

Spokesman for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said that his party will cooperate with the regional COVID-19 Task Force, and the task force at public facilities, to capture people who are black in the Care to Protect category and do not comply with quarantine regulations.

"The government is committed to working together with the task force at public facilities to immediately refer people who are caught, or fall into the black category, or are classified as positive, or have close contacts, to be immediately transferred to the nearest centralized isolation facility," Wiku said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, 14 September.

The PeduliLindung application check-in queue at Grand Indonesia (PHOTO: Mahesa ARK/VOI)

This was said by Wiku in response to the Ministry of Health's statement that the PeduliLindung application has detected 3,830 positive COVID-19 people who are still active in public places, such as shopping centers, restaurants, cafes and airports.

"We can see, surprisingly there are still 3,830 people who are categorized as black. Black means positive for Covid, but they are still traveling," said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Monday (13/9).

A total of 3,830 people, including 3,000 people who were positive for COVID-19, were detected as still active in malls or mall tenants. Furthermore, there were 43 positive COVID-19 people who went to the airport, 63 COVID-19 positive people took the train, and 55 COVID-19 positive people entered the restaurant.