VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Jakarta - Minister of Health, Terawan Agus Putranto explained in Jakarta on Wednesday (01/15 that to anticipate the outbreak of severe pneumonia virus from China into Indonesia. The Indonesian government takes concrete and necessary efforts. The anticipation is done by increasing security at the entrances, both at the airport and seaport.  Although there has been no report of the virus infected the people, Minister Terawan said that his ministry has already have standard operational procedures to anticipate the virus to spread in Indonesia.

“We have started the movement for the alertness in all the entrances; both airports and seaports already stand by.  They use thermo scans, detector devices and so on. Particularly  to anticipate the entry of the virus that is now just spreading in Wuhan, and now there is  again in Thailand, the government has already been alert  and done the practices and  anticipated that if there is an incident, what needs to be done, all sides are holding the standard operational procedures (SOP)," said Terawan.

Furthermore, Minister Terawan Agus Putranto also explained that his side has also prepared a number of hospitals if the virus from China is found domestically. But, he keeps on appealing for preventive measures so that the severe pneumonia virus does not infect the people of Indonesia. (VOI/Ndy/TRANS: AF)