The government is encouraging the optimum use of beds at state-owned hospitals, regional government-owned general hospitals, and private hospitals by increasing their bed capacity by 30 percent.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is set to increase the number of hospital beds by up to 30 percent to address a rise in COVID-19 active cases.



"The government is encouraging the optimum use of beds at state-owned hospitals, regional government-owned general hospitals, and private hospitals by increasing their bed capacity by 30 percent," chief of the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery, Airlangga Hartarto, said in a press statement originating from the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Monday.



The number of COVID-19 active cases in Indonesia has continued to increase to reach 110,679 as of January 3, 2021.



Hartarto, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin will coordinate efforts to increase the capacity of hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.



In addition, the government will increase the number of medical workers employed at health service facilities, he added.



"The government will also strengthen the implementation of COVID-19 (handling) procedures, particularly at non-referral places, and increase surveillance (of cases) through testing, tracing, and self-isolation," he informed. (INE)


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