Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia (UI) Pandu Riono asks the presence of the state to protect health workers (health workers) who are now falling due to the pandemic corona virus (Covid-19).
He conveyed this directly to President Joko Widodo via his Twitter account @ drpriono1.
“Pak @jokowi help the state be present to protect our health workers. We have not succeeded in overcoming the pandemic and cases continue to rise. Many health workers are infected with Covid-19 and some have died. Assign @KemenkesRI to work so that no more health workers become victims,” he said. , Sunday (6/9).
The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) previously recorded as many as 100 doctors died as of August 31. Through a written statement, IDI said that all died related to Covid-19.
During the six months of the pandemic, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia have continued to increase. In a month in August alone, 66,420 cases were accumulated.
The addition of positive cases every day ranges from 2,000-3,000 cases. The first week of September has accumulated as many as 15,869 cases.
According to the data The spread of Covid-19 in Indonesia, as of Saturday (5/6) the number of positive confirmations was 190,665, from these data 136,401 were declared cured, 7,940 died, 46,324 were active cases that still needed treatment.
Seeing the ever-increasing Covid-19 data, this Biostatistics and Community Population Expert also advised the government to re-implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) strictly considering the Covid-19 cases which experienced an increase of up to 3,000 cases a day.
“There are more than 180 thousand cases, what should be done is a lockdown, strict PSBB. All modes of transportation are stopped, except for food logistics,” he told CNNIndonesia.com recently.
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