1 Batam Citizen Positive Covid-19, Here's Mayor of Batam Steps to Prevent It's Spread

TRIBUNBATAM.id - A Batam citizen, 51 years old, tested positive for Corona virus or Covid-19.

The patient, who is now being treated at Embung Fatimah Hospital in Batam, was confirmed positive after traveling to several cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Bogor and Yogyakarta in the period from February 21 to March 5, 2020.

After the discovery of one patient in Batam, Mayor of Batam, HM Rudi stated that his party had formed a prevention team that would comb through the entire Batam City area, exploring the possibility of contacting patients in all regions.

The team, headed by Deputy Mayor of Batam, Amsakar Achmad, consists of government officials from the subdistrict head, village head, neighbourhood, urban village, and assisted by Babinsa to comb the entire area.

Amsakar said the team would comb through Batam City area within one week.

"The mayor gives time to the team who will comb through the whole area of ​​Batam City within one week.

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For that, we involve all the sub-district heads, village heads, neighbourhood, and urban village," he said.

The team that will be deployed is tasked with registering and classifying Monitoring Persons, Patients Under Supervision, suspect, and confirmed.

"The team will move together at the same time in order to prevent wider spread. The team will record who is Monitoring Persons, Patients Under Supervision, suspect, and confirmed," Amsakar said.

Meanwhile, there has been no decision regarding the status of Batam City at this time.

This must be decided by the central government.

"Lockdown must be central, I do not have the authority to close Batam City. We will wait for the president's announcement tonight," said Mayor of Batam, Rudi. (TribunBatam.id/Ardana Nasution)

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