Hotels In Mangga Dua And Mangga Besar Have Been Opened To Isolate COVID-19 Patients

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JAKARTA - Head of the Public Health Division of the DKI Jakarta Health Service (Dinkes), Fify Mulyani, said that hotels in North Jakarta and West Jakarta have been opened and used for the isolation of COVID-19 patients with the category of people without symptoms (OTG) and mild symptoms.

Fify said, the provision of COVID-19 isolation places in hotels to increase the isolation capacity of patients at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

"The Ministry of Tourism is preparing hotels for self-isolation and becoming a bumper for isolation flats in Kemayoran. The plan is for 18 hotels, only running 2," said Fify in a discussion at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Monday, September 28.

The hotels prepared for the isolation of COVID-19 patients are the Ibis Style Mangga Dua hotel, North Jakarta, which can accommodate 212 patients, and U Stay Mangga Besar, West Jakarta which can accommodate 140 patients.

"Hotel Ibis Style is for (accommodating domicile patients) in Central Jakarta, North Jakarta, and East Jakarta. Meanwhile, U Stay is for West and South Jakarta," explained Fify.

The two hotels for the isolation of COVID-19 patients, said Fify, have been accommodating patients since Sunday, September 27 yesterday. Patients are not charged for treatment at the hotel.

"This is actually a reserve from the Kemayoran self-contained isolation flat and the procedure is the same and the costs are borne by the central government," said Fify.

The requirements for OTG patients to be isolated in 2 and 3 star hotels are the same as the isolation procedure at Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

First, people who want to be isolated in a hotel must have a letter stating that they are positive for COVID-19.

They must also have a referral letter from the local puskesmas. This requirement will facilitate coordination in data collection on which isolation bed capacities are available.

Then, it is necessary to show a certificate from the puskesmas stating that the patient is unable to carry out independent isolation at home.

In addition, OTG cases that will be isolated in hotels are patients who are able to carry out daily activities without the help of other people.