Bobby Nasution Wants Medan To Be Level 2, Invites Hospitals To Expand Tracing And Testing

Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution

JAKARTA - Medan City has indeed dropped from level 4 to level 3. But the Mayor of Medan, Bobby Nasution is not satisfied. He wants Medan to be able to go down again to level 2 PPKM.

That's why he invited all Medan residents to stick to the 3T (testing, tracing, treatment) and 5M (Wearing Masks, Washing Hands, Keeping Distance, Staying Away from Crowds, and Limiting Mobilization). By vigorously carrying out the 3T and 5M, Bobby Nasution believes that the Medan City Government can go down to level 2, even level 1 or the green zone.

According to Bobby Nasution, based on the results of coordination between the Health Service and the Ministry of Health, Medan City has been able to go down to level 2. However, Bobby Nasution continued, because the testing and tracing numbers have not reached the given target, Medan City is at level 3.

Bobby Nasution added that therefore the Medan City Government invites all hospitals in the city of Medan to join hands together to aggressively carry out 3T, especially testing and tracing. Then the hospital also reported the 3T data to the Medan City Health Office.

"Of course what we are trying to do today is the first involvement of all parties, not only the Medan City Government but also Forkopimda elements, stakeholders, especially the community, to be able to jointly suppress COVID-19. and 5 M, it has never changed from the beginning until now. What needs to be emphasized are only two things," said President Jokowi's son-in-law while chairing the Discussion Meeting on the Follow-up to the Implementation of Level 3 COVID-19 Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in Medan City, Friday 24 September.

This meeting was also attended by the Regional Secretary, Wiriya Alrahman, and the OPD Leaders as well as the Heads of Sub-districts throughout the city of Medan and also brought together the hospitals throughout the city of Medan.

Bobby Nasution invited 47 hospitals who were present to serve the community in carrying out 3T, especially testing and tracing. To ensure the implementation of 3T at the hospital runs smoothly, Bobby asked the hospital to form a team of 5 people. This is done in order to maximize the speed of handling COVID-19 in the city of Medan.

"Like I said yesterday, there are several things that need to be improved, especially testing and tracing and we will also repair health facilities. Thank God we are doing well so far. Tomorrow Monday we will ask for the names of the team hospitals that were formed earlier, they have been confirmed. deposit it to the Medan City Health Office so that it can be directed to the region or to the sub-district to help carry out testing and tracing to 15 close contacts of each confirmed patient every day. For example yesterday we had 55 positive cases, which means 825 must be tested," explained Bobby Nasution.

Bobby Nasution explained that WHO targets tracing at least 15 close contacts, yesterday the high level was targeted at 8, because the number of cases per day is high above 500. Currently, cases are below 100, even down to 55 cases, so we are optimistic that by involving the hospital 15 close contacts can be achieved. in tracing and testing.

"This is an effort that we always try to see how we anticipate the spread of Covid-19 in Medan. In addition, the entrance to Medan City has been allowed to be opened, but especially those bordering other regencies that lead to tourist attractions and entrances from the sea will be monitored tighter than other entrances," concluded Bobby Nasution.