On Wednesday (May 27, 2020), 44 inpatients at the hospital have been allowed to return home after making a complete recovery from the novel coronavirus disease, according to spokesperson for the Joint Command of Regional Defence I, Colonel Aris Mudian.
The emergency hospital is currently treating 885 inpatients comprising 586 men and 299 women, he said, adding there are also 22 patients under monitoring status and 12 people under surveillance status who have been hospitalized.
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Coronavirus infections initially emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019.
Since then, COVID-19 has spread to more than 202 countries and territories, including Indonesia, with a massive spurt in death toll.
The Indonesian Government officially confirmed the country's first cases on March 2 this year.
To contain the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Indonesian authorities have enforced large-scale social restrictions and distancing measures in many cities, including Jakarta, Bogor, Bekasi, Surabaya, and Makassar.
The government has also begun enforcing a new normal amid COVID-19 in four provinces and 25 cities and districts.
President Joko Widodo plans to expand the enforcement of the new normal order in other cities and districts if the spread of COVID-19 in those areas declines significantly.
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Speaking via video conference during a limited meeting with his cabinet members here on Wednesday, President Jokowi said the enforcement of the new normal can be extended by taking real data and facts into consideration.
"Yesterday, we had started. We had our military (TNI) and police personnel prepare for deployment," he said at the virtual meeting on preparing for productive and secure implementation of new normal amid COVID-19.
On Tuesday (May 26, 2020), President Jokowi said the government had begun deploying TNI and police personnel in crowded areas in four provinces and 25 cities and districts as part of implementing the new normal.
The same day, he reviewed the preparation for enforcing standard operating procedures for the new normal and preventive measures for curbing COVID-19 spread in public places, such as Central Jakarta's MRT stations and shopping malls in Bekasi, West Java.
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Translator: Abdu F, Rahmad Nasution
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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