The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has advised local administrations to establish preventive steps to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in schools as trainees begin to go back to their classrooms.
” Although school reopening is only allowed green zone locations, we still require to consider the risks. As long as there are brand-new [COVID-19] cases, there is a risk of transmission,” PMI secretary-general Sudirman Said said in a composed declaration on Thursday as priced estimate by tempo.co
On June 16, the Education and Culture Ministry announced the nation would allow phased resuming of schools found in COVID-19 low-risk locations, or “green zones”.
Students in several parts of the island chain returned to school on Monday, after months of studying from home, in accordance with the so-called “new normal” protocols in their particular neighborhoods.
National COVID-19 task force primary Doni Monardo likewise stated just recently that the federal government was considering allowing schools in “yellow zones” to resume because of high public demand.
” We are evaluating numerous public requests to permit [students] in yellow zones to go back to school,” Doni said after a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday.
Recently, authorities discovered a brand-new cluster at the Army’s Officer Prospect School (Secapa) in Bandung, West Java. An overall of 1,262 new cases were found at the academy, 991 of which were trainees.
After the findings, West Java recorded the highest spike with 962 new cases on July 9, representing the majority of Indonesia’s latest single day record high of 2,657 brand-new cases.
Sudirman also revealed issue that although the risks of COVID-19 transmission were increasing, public awareness to COVID-19 had actually been reducing.
” We require to improve the public ' s solidarity to keep each other safe. There ' s a saying that a break out anywhere is a break out everywhere. It means that if there are cases in Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, there are dangers of transmission in other locations,” he stated.
Surdirman said the PMI had actually been actively informing the general public about health protocols that could assist curb the transmission of COVID-19, but added that reopening schools was naturally dangerous even with such mitigation efforts.
” Starting from April, PMI volunteers along with the Indonesian Military and the National Authorities have regularly sprayed disinfectant in public places including schools, Islamic schools and boarding schools. But the very best way to decrease [transmission] risk is to prevent crowds,” he said. (nal)
