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Indonesia prepares centralised isolation facilities in all provinces

The Indonesian government has prepared centralised isolation facilities in each province to treat COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms, informed head of the country’s COVID-19 Handling Task Force Suharyanto as reported by the local Antara news agency.
Indonesia prepares centralised isolation facilities in all provinces ảnh 1 Head of the Indonesian COVID-19 Handling Task Force Suharyanto. (Photo: ANTARA/Andi Firdaus)
Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesian government hasprepared centralised isolation facilities in each province to treat COVID-19patients with mild to moderate symptoms, informed head of the country’s COVID-19Handling Task Force Suharyanto as reported by the local Antara news agency.

According to the official, the government is also advisingasymptomatic patients to undergo self-isolation and offering them medicalsupport.

Suharyanto said that currently, the majority of people havebeen vaccinated, with first and second dose coverage reaching 90 percent and 66percent, respectively. Among the elderly, the vaccination coverage has reached74 percent for the first dose and 51 percent for the second dose, he added.   

These efforts are being made to ease the burden onhospitals handling COVID-19 cases, the official explained.

The government is also providing telemedicine services toaccommodate the needs of self-isolating patients who are asymptomatic or havemild symptoms, he informed./.
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