Heru Budi Reduces Isolation Places For COVID-19 Patients, Diverted To Residents Of The Poor

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hertono (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hertono reduced 15 thousand isolation beds for COVID-19 patients belonging to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

When the transmission of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta and various parts of Indonesia increases, the DKI Provincial Government provides COVID-19 isolation bed capacity for 26,134 people. This is contained in the Governor's Decree (Kepgub) Number 891 of 2021.

Then, in the Governor's Decree of DKI Jakarta Number 196 of 2023, Heru reduced the isolation capacity of COVID-19 patients to 11,134 beds.

In Kepgub 196/2023, Heru revealed the reasons for reducing the number of isolations. He said, currently the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided. In addition, the DKI Provincial Government will convert it into a temporary residence for the poor.

"Along with the easing of COVID-19 cases and the termination of PPKM, the place or location of isolation needs to be converted into temporary shelter for low-income people affected by government programs," Heru wrote in the Governor's Decree, quoted on Monday, March 27.

During the pandemic, the places used as places for isolation of COVID-19 patients provided by the DKI Provincial Government include flats, tourism grants, sports arenas (GOR), village official houses, schools, and RPTRA.

Then, the reduction in the capacity of COVID-19 isolation beds was carried out at the Pulogebang Milling Flats (Rusun), the Manggarai Grass Market Flats, the Elok Pinus Flats, and the Daan Mogot Flats (Pesakih Tower 6 and 7 Flats).

These four flats are no longer a place of isolation because they will be converted to housing for low-income people affected by the DKI Provincial Government program. Then, the Nagrak Flat which is still provided as a place for COVID-19 isolation also experienced a reduction in capacity.