COVID-19: Govt mobilizes Puskesmas to step up contact tracing
2nd March 2021
A screenshot of Minister of Research and Technology, Bambang Brodjonegoro (left), with Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono in Jakarta on Tuesday. (ANTARA/Andi Firdaus)
A total of 80-100 thousand Puskesmas and Bhabin Kamtibmas (community police) officers will be deployed. We will mobilize them to help trace COVID-19 patients Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry is seeking to boost the strength of officers at the Community Health Center (Puskesmas) and members of the National Security and Protection Agency (Bhabin Kamtibmas) in each region to improve contact tracing efforts.
“A total of 80-100 thousand Puskesmas and Bhabin Kamtibmas (community police) officers will be deployed. We will mobilize them to help trace COVID-19 patients," Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono informed at the COVID-19 Pandemic Year Anniversary webinar entitled ‘Indonesian Innovation for Indonesia Recovers’, here on Tuesday.