Anies Calls on Jakartans for Use of Masks to Prevent COVID-19 Transmission
Reported by Rudi Hermawan | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
We call on citizens to wear masks appropriately that is by prioritizing medical masks for medical workers, considering its supply is very limited
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, issued Governor's Call number 9/2020 on the Use of Masks to Prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) signed on April 3.
This policy was made to really protect citizens amid the possibility of an outbreak occurring in Jakarta.
City Receives Support to Contain Spread of COVID-19 from KADIN & Buddha Tza Chi"We call on citizens to wear masks appropriately that is by prioritizing medical masks for medical workers, considering its supply is very limited," expressed Jakarta COVID-19 Task Force II Chairman, Catur Laswanto.
Further, the Governor's Call to the whole community regarding the use of masks to prevent transmission of COVID-19, as follows:
1. Always wear a mask outside or at home, without exception
2. Use cloth mask at least two layers that can be washed
3. Wash masks every day
4. Do not buy and/or use medical masks and realize that medical masks are prioritized for health
5. Buy or make your own two-layer cloth mask as needed
6. Stay home, do physical distancing, wash hands with soap often and do the ethics of coughing or sneezing
7. Those who want to help fellow citizens, then help by holding, producing and distributing cloth masks
8. Regional apparatuses (RT, RW, PKK cadres, etc) must remind citizens to always wear masks outside the home
He added that all citizens were expected to obey and implement it together.
As for the information, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Jakarta every week since April 5, reached 1,143 people. 58 of them recovered, 110 people died, 246 were undergoing self-isolation at home and 729 were still undergoing treatment.
While the 739 were still waiting for the laboratory results. Then medical workers infected with COVID-19 reached 106 people (1 of whom died, 10 recovered) spread in 35 hospitals and 1 clinic in Jakarta.
