Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan pointed to the government having calculated the worst-case scenario regarding COVID-19 cases.
“We have calculated the worst-case scenario, as to how the oxygen supply, medicine, and hospitals will be determined if the case count reaches over 40,000 per day. We have calculated everything,” Minister Pandjaitan stated during a virtual press conference streamed on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube channel in Jakarta, Tuesday.
The minister, concurrently the coordinator for implementation of emergency mobility restrictions (PPKM), remarked that the Ministry of Health had prepared emergency intensive care units (ICUs) at the Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory.
“The president has visited the venue. We are ready, and it can accommodate more than 800 patients. The military has also established emergency hospitals,” he noted. Pandjaitan further stressed that Indonesia was leaving no stone unturned in handling the pandemic while urging to dispel any doubts regarding Indonesia’s capabilities in handling the pandemic.
“Do not underestimate Indonesia’s capabilities. Up until today, yes (we can). However, when cases reach over 40 to 50 thousand, we will implement a scenario on who we will ask assistance for, and we have started on this approach,” he emphasized.
Speaking in connection with oxygen supplies, the minister revealed that the team had also mapped out a worst-case scenario of 60-70 thousand COVID-19 cases per day.
“However, we hope it would not come to this stage, as colleagues from the police force and the military have enforced the restrictions well,” he added.
Source: Antara News