"There are at least 40,366 Bhabinkamtimbas personnel who have been prepared to act as tracers as 7 steps for early detection in anticipating the spread of Covid-19," said National Police Chief General Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo in a message conveyed at the rally of the readiness of Bhabinkamtibmas and health workers as Covid tracer and vaccinators. -19, Thursday (11/2/2021).
According to the National Police Chief, this is in line with the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi), that in addition to the discipline of health protocols, the implementation of 3T strengthening (Testing, Tracing, and Treatment) is also key in efforts to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic.
The National Police Chief said that currently the National Police have alerted 13,500 health personnel. A total of 900 of them have been trained to become vaccinators by the Ministry of Health's Bapelkes / BBBK, and 12,600 other personnel will be given similar training in the near future.
"The Polri vaccinators and tracers are on alert in order to assist the work of health workers, in particular giving vaccinations to members of the National Police and to the general public, as well as coordinating with the local health office in tracing efforts as an early detection step in anticipating the spread of Covid-19," said the four-star general. the.
Listyo Sigit also hopes that all Covid-19 vaccinators and tracers who have been given training will become capable and professional Polri personnel in providing services to the public in breaking the chain of Covid-19 spread in Indonesia.
In carrying out these activities in the community, the National Police Chief also emphasized the attitude of always working together with all TNI Babinsa and also health service officers in their respective regions.
The National Police Chief also said, apart from the challenges and difficulties that came with the Covid19 pandemic, his party must always be optimistic that there are always opportunities to make a leap of progress.
Not only getting out of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis situation, but even the opportunity to make Indonesia a high-income country equal to the developed countries in the world.
"The President of the Republic of Indonesia has emphasized that to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic with all its impacts, all components of the nation must work together to implement strict discipline in implementing health protocols wherever and whenever. People's optimism must be maintained with the seriousness and efforts of the government to accelerate the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, "ordered the Chief of Police.
The readiness apple which was carried out simultaneously throughout Indonesia by holding health workers as vaccinators and Bhabinkamtibmas as tracer is a form of the seriousness of the Police in helping the government tackle Covid-19 and supporting the national vaccination program.
