Head Of BNPB Guarantees MotoGP Event Is Safe From Potential COVID-19 Transmission

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JAKARTA - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General TNI Suharyanto ensured that the MotoGP event in Mandalika, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara was safe from potential COVID-19 transmission. in a media briefing received in Jakarta, Tuesday 15 March. He said BNPB and the National COVID-19 Handling Task Force will continue to assist the vaccination process before and after the international MotoGP event which will be held from 18 to 20 March 2022. During his visit to the meeting at the Mandalika Regional General Hospital (RSUD), Central Lombok, he emphasized that vaccination is a shield in preventing the transmission of COVID-19. He appreciated the seriousness of the local government and the support for cross-sector collaboration that was able to make Nusa Tenggara New at being the only province with PPKM level 1. This, he said, is proof that West Nusa Tenggara, especially Central Lombok is ready to welcome the MotoGP event and build confidence nationally and internationally in Indonesia. public trust nationally and internationally in Indonesia," he said. Suharyanto and his staff also reviewed the readiness of the Mandalika Hospital as one of the hospitals prepared to handle COVID-19.

There are facilities for self-isolation for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic, a place for handling patients with moderate to severe symptom conditions with bed facilities and the Emergency Room (IGD). registration, screening and injecting vaccination doses to the people of Central Lombok for the elderly, adults and children. Then Suharyanto and his staff participated in distributing masks at places that could potentially cause crowds such as the Sasak Sade Hamlet and the Mandalika People's Market. West Nusa Tenggara has touched the figure of more than 96 percent for the achievement of the first dose of vaccination and more than 80 percent for the second dose. Currently, the regional government and local health offices are continuing to intensify efforts to implement the third dose of vaccination. Also attending the event were the Deputy Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, the Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Health Office, the Head of the Central Lombok District Health Office, the Deputy Chief of Police and the Danrem of West Nusa Tenggara Province.