I will soon send additional healthcare workers from TNI and Polri (National police). They will be distributed to the three placesJakarta (ANTARA) - National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said he will soon send additional healthcare workers to Wisma Atlet, Nagrak and Pasar Rumput health facilities to treat COVID-19 patients.
"I will soon send additional healthcare workers from TNI and Polri (National police). They will be distributed to the three places," he said in a written statement released on Sunday.
On Sunday, the TNI chief paid an impromptu visit to Nagrak apartment in Cilincing, North Jakarta, which serves as a self isolation center for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
During the visit to Nagrak apartment, Tjahjanto also asked healthcare workers about the problems they face.
He said the health minister, the national police chief, and the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) chief will soon find a solution to the problem.
Jakarta’s daily COVID-19 infections hit yet another record, with 9,271 cases reported on Saturday, the highest level during the week, which brought the total count to 510,667.
The additional positive cases were detected as a result of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted the day before, according to the Jakarta Provincial Health Office's official website corona.Jakarta.go.id.
With the addition of 9,271 positive cases on Saturday, the number of active cases or patients receiving treatment and conducting self isolation rose by 6,503 from 44,931 to 51,434.
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Editor: Sri Haryati
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