Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry introduced a campaign on “Wear a Mask” to ward off the spread of COVID-19, which would be transmitted through beads coming from a contaminated individual’s mouth.
” Today face masks from the Ministry of Health and the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs are distributed to individuals at Gelora Bung Karno arena,” the Health Ministry’s Secretary General Oscar Primadi stated in a press statement here on Sunday.
The Health Ministry’s provincial health offices, Integrated Service Units and Health Polytechnics throughout Indonesia have actually also organized public awareness project on the importance of using face masks amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ministry has dispersed some one million face masks to the public since Aug 25, 2020.
The Indonesian Government has been bring the nationwide campaign on ‘Use Masks’ because Aug 10 till Sept 6,2020 It will be followed by a project on hand washing with soap from Sept 7 till Oct 6, and a campaign on preserve physical distancing from Oct 7 till Nov 6, 2020.
” To avoid the transmission of COVID-19, individuals should adopt healthy living practices, by always wearing masks, washing hands with soap and maintaining physical distancing,” he remarked.
Using a mask is necessary to avoid the COVID-19 transmission, particularly in congested places, such as in markets, stations, mass transit, and other public places.
The Wear Mask Project at Gelora Bung Karno on Sunday was participated in by a variety of public figures consisting of basketball athlete Faisal Julius Ahmad, jet ski professional athlete Agsa Aswar, jet ski trainer Completely Aswar, and the Interaction Group for the COVID-19 Dealing with Job Force dr Reisa Broto Asmoro.
Apart from the Ministry of Health, the campaign was also participated in by officials from the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery.
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