VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The government continues to intensify the use of masks to the public to reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting the SARS-CoV2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Wiku Adisasmito, Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, asked all parties to campaign for masks as an effort to protect themselves and others.

"Do not let our droplets affects other parties. If more than 75 percent of the population uses masks, then COVID-19 cases can drop drastically," Wiku said in a press statement on Tuesday.

Wiku also revealed that based on the results of research in America, the use of cloth masks by 80 percent of the population will reduce 34 to 58 percent of additional cases of death. The results of the study state that the use of masks reduces the increase in new cases and deaths.

"Let's prove this is our common target because we want to protect ourselves and we want to protect the country," he concluded. (RRI)