DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Will Isolate All Covid-19 Patients In Hospital

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said that the provincial government of DKI Jakarta is preparing regulations so that all Covid-19 patients can be isolated in hospitals and places provided by the government.

That way, in the future there will be no independent isolation for Covid-19 patients even if they only have mild or no symptoms.

“So far, those who are recommended to carry out isolation in government facilities are those living in densely populated settlements. In the future everyone will be isolated in government-owned facilities so that we can, God willing, cut the network more effectively, “Anies said in a received recording. , Tuesday (1/9/2020).

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According to Anies, so far Covid-19 patients who have no symptoms and have sufficient housing for independent isolation can remain at home.

However, in fact, not everyone who performs self-isolation can apply the isolation protocol correctly.

That is why it is feared that he will transmit the virus to other members of the family.

“Because not all those who are exposed without symptoms can adequately isolate them in their respective homes. Although they have a large enough place to live, they do not have the discipline and knowledge of health protocols, ”he said.

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“So in Jakarta regulations are being prepared. It was decided earlier that the government should carry out isolation. People who are positively exposed are obliged to continue this isolation,” Anies continued.

Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 positive patients in Jakarta has risen by 941 people as of Tuesday today.

This number is reduced compared to last Monday with the incorporation of 1,029 people.

Therefore, the cumulative number of Covid-19 positive patients in DKI Jakarta to date is 41,250 people.

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“A total of 119 cases is an accumulation of data from the previous day that have just been reported,” said DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office Chief of Disease Prevention and Control Dwi Oktavia in his statement.

Dwi explained that up to 31,267 people were declared cured with a recovery rate of 75.8 percent.

Then 1,219 people died with a death rate of 3 percent. Meanwhile, there are 8,764 active cases of Covid-19 in the capital, which means they are still in treatment or isolation.