On Monday, President Joko Widodo visited Jakarta’s 2018 Asian Games Athlete’s Village in Kemayoran, which has been turned into an emergency makeshift hospital to treat COVID-19 patients.
“The athlete’s village has a total capacity of 24,000 people and is currently being prepared for patients, doctors, and paramedics,” the president said.
“I also saw that the infrastructure is ready, both for the patients’ rooms and the ventilators … personal protective equipment is also ready … I hope this coronavirus emergency hospital is not used. This means that the existing hospitals (in Jakarta), which we have prepared well in advance, are able to handle this coronavirus.”
The village ready to treat about 2,500 to 3,000 patients. Besides the athlete’s village, the five-star hotel ‘The Media Hotel and Towers’ in Jakarta will be used to accommodate paramedics who are charged on the outbreak.
One disease hospital also has been developed in Batam. The construction started on Mar 8 and expected to be used on the 28th.
Indonesia has one of the highest COVID-19 mortality rates in the world at over 8 percent.
Source: CNA