Anticipating Corona, 100 Passengers From Malaysia Checked at Selatpanjang Port

News24xx.com - Anticipating the rampant spread of the corona virus that is shocking the world, the Meranti Islands Health Service (Diskes), checks the body temperature of passengers at the Port of Tanjung Harapan Selatpanjang, Tuesday (1/28/2020) afternoon.

Monitoring in the field, once a ship bound for Batu Pahat-Selatpanjang arrived at the Port of Selatpanjang, a number of joint officers consisting of representatives of the disk, health centers and health offices of the Selatpanjang port (KKP) immediately checked the condition of passengers using a body temperature detector on the forehead.

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Head of the Department of Disease Control and Prevention (P2P) of the Meranti Islands Health Service, Muhammad Fahri said, of the 100 passengers examined, there was no body temperature above 38 degrees.

"It means that the body condition of the passengers is still normal and safe. Nothing is up to 38 degrees," Fahri said.

However, Fahri also said that his party would continue to work with the KKP to anticipate the corona virus case at the entrance to the port. Even a special team has been formed that will take serious handling if there are findings of this corona virus case.

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"The team from the diskes, KKP, puskesmas, and hospital. From that team, we have prepared several personal protective equipment (PPE) to handle if there is anything suspicious about the case. not infected, "he explained.

For this reason, Fahri appealed to the entire Meranti community not to be too panicked about the corona virus. In essence, the most important thing is to increase vigilance and routine maintaining personal hygiene.

"Maintain cleanliness by washing hands with soap, so that the virus does not stick to our body. Because the hands are parts of the human body that easily transmit diseases when in contact with others. In addition, use a mask when going to travel" he said.




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