The Provincial Government of Papua asks all hospitals not to close access to healthcare apart from the limitations of health workers and the full capacity of treatment rooms.

On duty, the Regional Secretary of Papua of Papua Muhammad Musa'ad hopes that despite only providing a small emergency room, health services for general patients and Covid-19 must still run 1x24 hours.

"We have already had meetings with all hospital management, including Bhayangkara and Provita Hospital stated that it temporarily closed general patient services and Covid-19 due to its health workers being exposed to the corona virus and full treatment room. Overcoming service constraints in various hospitals, it has instructed the health department to check the existing deficiencies, so that further efforts are made to deal with.” He explained.

Furthermore, Papua provincial government will write to the Central Task Force in Jakarta, requesting the assistance of sending volunteers in the field of health from outside the land of Cenderawasih.

The Minister of Home Affairs informed that there are thousands of people who register as health volunteers. They are also in Makassar and Manado and ready to be placed anywhere"

Therefore, we hope that these health volunteers can be placed in Papua to fill the position of health workers in some hospitals that have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Related to the price of rapid tests at government partner hospitals which are still expensive or above IDR 350.000, Musa'ad said there had been an agreement to follow the prices set by the Central Government.

However, the partner hospital such as the Provita Hospital had already bought it at a high price and was limited, the stock had to be spent first. After all of these partner hospitals will follow the government-defined price, "he explained.

Earlier, social media reported that Bhayangkara and Provita Hospital had to temporarily close general patient services and Covid-19, due to lack of health workers and full treatment rooms.