90 Students Positive For COVID-19, Purbalingga DPRD: Studying Face-to-face. Advance Must Coordinate To Task Force

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

PURBALINGGA - The chairman of the Purbalingga DPRD, HR Bambang Irawan, reminded all schools to coordinate with the COVID-19 Task Force regarding the implementation of limited face-to-face learning activities (PTM).

"The implementation of limited PTM must go through coordination with the COVID-19 Task Force Team in each sub-district," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, September 21.

Bambang said this was aimed at ensuring the readiness of health protocols and minimizing the risk and potential for the spread of COVID-19 in the school environment.

Regarding this matter, Bambang asked the Purbalingga Regency Government to ensure that the regulation was implemented properly.

"We hope that the district government can take a firm stance to ensure that schools have implemented PTM in accordance with the rules and requirements," he continued.

The chairman of the Purbalingga DPRD also reminded that all teaching staff had received the COVID-19 vaccination before the implementation of the limited PTM.

"Make sure all teachers have been vaccinated to minimize risks in the implementation of limited PTM," he said.

Previously, the Government of Purbalingga Regency, Central Java temporarily suspended limited face-to-face learning activities to conduct further evaluations on the readiness of health protocols.

"For the time being, all limited PTM implementations will be stopped until further evaluation," said Purbalingga Regent Dyah Hayuning Pratiwi.

The regent said the decision was taken following 90 students of SMPN 4 Mrebet, Purbalingga Regency who are currently undergoing centralized isolation in the school building because their rapid antigen test results showed positive.

This condition was discovered after a mass antigen test activity was held by the local puskesmas team to support face-to-face learning.

The Regent added that so far his party had made strict rules for the implementation of limited PTM.

"For example, by carrying out mass antigen tests before the implementation of limited PTM, vaccinating teaching staff and also ensuring the readiness of implementing health protocols in schools," he said.

However, in the future it will make more detailed and stricter rules related to the implementation of PTM.