Bintuni, TN – Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a human enemy that must be thoughtful, cannot be considered ordinary, the article is not a friend of epidemics, nor come to influence and then leave again, but transmission is not apparent .
This assertion was conveyed by the Regent of Bintuni Bay, Ir Petrus Kasihiw, M.T when he was met by the media crew in Bintuni City Park, Manimeri District, Bintuni Bay recently. According to him, the first thing to do is build a commitment that together with Forkopimda and all of our instruments agreed that Covid-19 is a common enemy.
So the local government built two working groups, the first was the Covid-19 Task Force Team to handle Covid-19 and one more team for Economic Impact Mitigation so that there were no overlaps.
“The two teams work together to build coordination with related institutions and DPOs. The Task Force team handles this disease or virus so that it collaborates with hospitals, health and related agencies and the Impact Team collaborates with the Social Service, Regional Disaster Management Agency and related OPD, “said the Regent to the media crew.
The Regent further said, having a strategy that is the Fastest and faster than the enemy, we must quickly recognize and identify the virus by medical means by interrupting the flow in and out of Bintuni for a while.
Then it must be quick to establish communication with other parties by taking the precautionary steps to screen all people who enter and exit Bintuni using the Rapid Test.
“Structurally in the Bintuni Regency, teams were also formed at the sub-district level, especially in areas considered vulnerable to entrances, so I systematically ordered the Health Service and Hospitals to form structural tasks, the Puskesmas was responsible for the service of OTG patients , ODP who were being quarantined, “For hospitals still serving PDP patients, OTG and ODP patients are still being served and monitored by the task force team,” he said.
The Bintuni Bay Regent is optimistic that if positive patients serve well, they will recover, even though to date there is no cure
“I am optimistic because they are all part of our family, so we do curative preventive efforts or treatment by picking up our balls to work where they are willing to be quarantined independently, all of that we are working with village heads, village officials, bhabinkamtibmas and Babinsa, “he said.
According to the Regent of Bintuni, with a fairly prioritized situation, he dared to buy a PCR tool so he could quickly carry out a swab inspection without having to make deliveries to Jakarta and Makassar.
With the experience of the Director of the Bintuni Bay Regional Hospital, Dr. Eka about malaria transmission, was able to operate the PCR tool and transfer his knowledge to others in order to help uncover the COVID-19 case.
“In the condition of being urged, I say that all must learn not to wait and finally they can get approval from the Ministry of Health who can also give a kind of license that we are able to be able to determine the results of positive examinations or not with the same tools, “he concluded.
