MALANG - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin checked the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Malang area, East Java.
Coordinating Minister Luhut handling patients with confirmed COVID-19, especially those infected with the Delta variant, must be carried out carefully, because it has a high risk. Friday, August 13. Luhut explained that if the patient's breathing was confirmed to be positive for COVID-19, the patient's condition could suddenly deteriorate. The oxygen saturation level in the positive COVID-19 confirmed patient, if it drops below 80 percent, it will be difficult to handle. With this condition, Luhut continued, it will be difficult to treat the COVID-19 positive confirmation patient. Therefore, he asked the public if they contracted COVID-19, to want to be treated in a centralized isolation facility. "This COVID-19 can attack the respiratory tract. I don't know, suddenly the oxygen saturation is 80 percent. If that happens, it's hard to help. and the death rate is high," he said. Meanwhile, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin added that the public should not be afraid to undergo a swab test. The implementation of the swab is aimed at tracking efforts if other family members are exposed. "If a swab is carried out, and we know the results, it can protect our family. The danger is if you don't want a swab, you don't know," he said.
Luhut and Budi Gunadi accompanied by East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Military Commander V Brawijaya Major General Suharyanto, East Java Police Chief Inspector General Nico Afinta also checked at the Malang Human Resources Development Center (BPSDM), which was used as a centralized isolation place for COVID-19 patients. In Malang City BPSDM there are 95 beds for patient isolation.
After visiting the BPSDM, the group continued to check the implementation of vaccination at the Ministry of Health Poltekkes, Malang. With the target of achieving vaccination for 2,400 people of Malang Raya. Then, the group carried out inspections of the Field Hospital, Idjen Boulevard, and the implementation of Dose I vaccination for pregnant women, and Dose II for the community at the Dadaprejo Health Center, Batu City, and isoter facilities at the Pekabaran Service Foundation. Indonesian Gospel (YPPII). It was recorded that in the Greater Malang area, there were 27,791 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of the total, 21,491 people were reported to have recovered, 1,719 people were declared dead, and the rest were under treatment.
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