Health Worker Story in Jakarta

Health Workers in many countries including Indonesia are the front people who were exposed openly to the spreading of Corona Virus. With the COVID-19 pandemic still accelerating at an alarming rate, healthcare workers remain prone to the virus and social persecution, a medical association and human rights association have said. The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) on Monday reported that at least 61 doctors across Indonesia had died in the fight against COVID-19. But with the pandemi still on going in Indonesia health workers still have to do their job in fighting the virus. Team of health workers from Kebayoran Lama-South Jakarta are one of them, the public health facility still have to operate daily in servicing to the people from maternity service, pediatric service, dental, etc. At the same time they also have to go to the area that are area of coverage from the public health to do the swab test for finding people that may infected with the virus so the spreading can be stopped. They prepare everything in the morning from the tools, equipment, including hazmat dress that they have to wear and displace it after finishing the test. Dr. Indah the coordinator for massive swab test at location in Kebayoran Lama have to make sure that everything run smoothly from the registration until the swab test. With all the procedure that they are facing, still they are put their life at risk, but still the awareness from people about how dangerous the virus still lack.