Jayapura, Papua – The Papua Health Workplace distributed 10,500 totally free face masks in Jayapura and several districts of Papua province on Wednesday, ahead of the commemoration of Indonesia’s Health Day on Thursday (November 12, 2020).
The distribution of the face masks was aimed to function as a tip to citizens of the need to continue wearing masks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Papua Health Office’s secretary, Ary Pongtiku, stated.
With the COVID-19 caseload in provincial capital Jayapura reaching 10,477 as of Tuesday, health authorities will likewise distribute leaflets containing details on remaining healthy as part of a public awareness project.
To deal with coronavirus spread in the province, Papua Guv Lukas Enembe has released a project with the tagline: “I look after you; You take care of me; We look after Papua”.
Provided the reasonably high infection rate in the province, the Indonesian federal government has consisted of Papua in the list of 10 prioritized provinces in its battle against the coronavirus disease.
The nine other provinces are Aceh, North Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Bali, South Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi.
Indonesia’s Health Ministry has actually teamed up with the COVID-19 job force to launch a program to boost contact-tracing efforts in government-prioritized 51 districts and cities throughout 10 provinces, as part of COVID-19 prevention and mitigation efforts.
COVID-19 at first struck the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 and thereafter spread across the world, consisting of to countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Indonesian federal government made an official announcement concerning the country’s first validated cases on March 2 this year.
The Indonesian federal government has regularly revealed confidence in the capacity of COVID-19 vaccines to help it win the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, which has actually presented a serious risk to public health and the economy.
Over the past few months, the federal government has actually made full-scale efforts to protect prospective COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesians through bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
The federal government is likewise supporting research study efforts towards developing the nation’s own COVID-19 vaccine, Merah Putih (Red and White), named after the colors of the nationwide flag.
Besides, Indonesia is complying with China and the UK for the procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccine prospects.
It protected access to COVID-19 vaccines from China throughout a meeting between the Indonesian delegation and agents of Cansino, G42, Sinopharm, and Sinovac in China on October 10 this year. (INE)
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