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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPA) asked the community to continue using it mask both inside and outside the house to avoid possible spread corona virus (Covid-19) in the family environment.
The use of masks at home is also to avoid an increase in family groups, which in recent months have begun to dominate the distribution of Covid-19 cases in the country.
“You still have to wear masks. These masks are not only made outside the home, we also have to do it indoors. Especially when there are vulnerable groups in our families, such as young children and the elderly,” said PPA Minister I Gusti Bintang Ayu Dharmawati, at a press conference. which was broadcast through the YouTube channel of the Secretariat of the Presidency, on Friday (9/25).
Bintang said this simple effort could help break the expansion of family groups in Indonesia. Currently, her party is drafting new rules specifically for the prevention of the health protocol for Covid-19 for families.
He admitted that President Joko Widodo asked him to pay special attention to the case of the spread of Covid-19 through the family group, because the increase in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of September has included donations from the family group.
“The health protocol in the future is aimed at how to prevent families from being infected with Covid-19, then also the health protocol regulates when a family is exposed, what steps should be taken,” he explained.
Additionally, Bintang assessed that this family group arose from the mobility of a family outside the home, such as workers in urban areas. Therefore, Bintang also reminded family members who return home after activities to cleanse their bodies before interacting with other family members.
In addition, he called for family reunion activities such as birthday celebrations, family social gatherings and other activities that invite other masses to be avoided and diverted to online gatherings.
Later, Bintang also explained various technical stages when a family discovers a new case that has infected one of its members. According to him, the family should immediately report to the Puskesmas or the local Health Office.
From that channel, the health office will immediately inform the regional working group for the management and acceleration of Covid-19, to determine if the family is worthy of being provided by the Government for free.
“Later they swab o Free PCR to be carried out by the regional working group, that’s the technique, “explained Bintang.
Recently, the family group has dominated the daily distribution of cases in the country. More recently, the Bandung City Health Office found 299 new cases that were traced from family groups.
Meanwhile, the daily report of the Indonesian Covid-19 Task Force continues to record a record of daily increase in positive cases. As of Friday (9/25), the confirmed positive cases of the corona virus have once again broken records with the incorporation of new cases that reach 4,823 cases. At the national level, the accumulated positive cases per day reached 266,845 cases, 196,196 recovered and 10,218 deaths.
(khr / wis)
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