Tribratanews.polro.go.id. Commander of Indonesian National Armed Forces Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Chief of Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo lead a meeting with the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) Jayapura, Papua, Thursday (26/8/2021).
In his direction, Sigit emphasized the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum of Jayapura to ensure readiness for implementing the XX National Sports Week (PON) and the handling and control of Covid-19 or the coronavirus.
Regarding the XX PON, the former Chief of Banten Regional Police encouraged the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum of Papua to play an active role in completing the venue or location to implement the national sports event.
"There are 44 PON venues in 4 city districts. Although, currently, it is less than one month before the implementation of PON XX, there are still various problems in PON XX venues. This will hinder the process of implementing PON. Therefore, the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum must play an active role to help resolve existing problems, " said Sigit in his briefing.
By holding the XX PON, according to Sigit, PON will encourage economic growth in the region. In this way, the local community will prosper.
"The implementation of PON XX will encourage economic growth in Papua in the second quarter of 2021. The Papuan economy with mining and quarrying by 13.14 per cent, while without mining and quarrying by 2.81 per cent," said Sigit.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indonesian economy began to grow by 7.07 per cent. Meanwhile, the increase in gold and copper commodities production is quite significant, causing Papua's economic growth with mining and quarrying to grow positively since the fourth quarter of 2020. Papua's economic growth without mining and quarrying grew by 2.8 per cent.
The former Chief of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police also appealed to the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum of Jayapura to pay attention to the handling and control of Covid-19, related to the implementation of the XX PON. According to Sigit, the commission must still apply strict health protocols (prokes).
"Health protocols for the prevention and control of Covid-19 as well as vaccinations for all related parties must be implemented," said Sigit.
With the implementation of disciplined health protocols, continued Sigit, the implementation of the XX PON will run smoothly, and public health from the coronavirus can be guaranteed.
"PON XX Papua is successful and smooth, investment is safe, economic growth is increasing, Papua is more advanced and modern, society is healthy and prosperous," said Sigit.
On the other hand, Sigit explained, the five regencies/cities holding the PON, Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Merauke Regency, Mimika Regency, and Keerom Regency, to date have the highest active cases in Papua.
Therefore, Sigit continued, joint efforts with all parties are needed to suppress the spread of Covid-19 in Papua, especially in the regencies/cities that host PON XX Papua.
"The Bed Occupancy Ratio (BOR) level in Papua is ranked 14th Nationally at 41 per cent, a decrease of 11 per cent from the previous two weeks of 52 per cent. There are currently 14 locations with a capacity of 810 beds. 4 districts/cities need to pay attention (Biak Numfor, Mimika, Jayapura Regency, and Keerom) with high active cases but do not yet have a centralized isolation (isoter). Efforts to shift the self-isolation (isoman) to an isoter need to be carried out optimally with the help of the local government, community leaders and regional leaders, "said Sigit.
To suppress the growth rate of the coronavirus, Sigit stated, for the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum of Jayapura, to accelerate vaccination of the community. According to Sigit, the Indonesian government pays special attention to meeting the needs of vaccines in Papua, especially in areas that hold PON.
"The government pays special attention to Papua by meeting the need for vaccine doses for the city/regency hosting the XX Papua PON venue, which was sent from 15 to 18 August 2021 as many as 485,200 doses. Although vaccination in Papua must reach 32,423 doses per day to achieve the national target of 2,3 million doses per day, for the area that is the venue for PON XX Papua, acceleration must be carried out, especially to reach 100% dose 1," concluded Sigit.
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