INDONESIA - Dompet Dhuafa (DD) consens in an effort to minimize the spread of the covid-19 virus. Since the beginning of the corona pandemic entering Indonesia, Dompet Dhuafa establish a Crisis Center to Prevent Coronavirus Dompet Dhuafa. Installation of a free disinfection chamber (body chamber) in various public areas is one of the programs to prevent the spread of the corona virus.
"Block the Corona (Prevent Preventing) Dompet Dhuafa use an antiseptic liquid that is safe for the human body and is in accordance with the recommendations of health workers and pharmacologists, not a liquid commonly used to spray public facilities, "said drg. Imam Rulyawan MARS., Executive Director Dompet Dhuafa.
From the target of 1.000 Corona Block (Preventing) Booths to be distributed, until now Dompet Dhuafa has installed 79 Disinfection Chambers in various locations needed, such as hospitals and health facilities, educational facilities, public service offices, public facilities, and MRT stations.
The disinfection booths that have been installed are spread across 4 provinces. Namely, Banten, DKI Jakarta, West Java, and East Java.
Chairman of the Crisis Center to Prevent Coronavirus (CCCTC) dr. Yeni Purnamasari, MKM, explained that the use of a disinfection chamber is an effort to reduce viral and bacterial contamination on the surface of clothes or objects, with safe antiseptic fluids and concentrations that are in accordance with the respective product recommendations. In its use, it is necessary to clearly and precisely education related to the length of use, indirect exposure to the eyes, and not to be swallowed.
"This effort does not leave the method of preventing the transmission of virus transmission through droplets and sticking to the surface of objects by washing hands with running water and soap or hand sanitizer at any time, it is recommended to wash hands," he explained.
Dr. Yeni explained, the composition of the antiseptic liquid material used as a liquid in the Disinfection Chamber Dompet Dhuafa in the form of antiseptic, namely chloroxylenol (4,8%) with a dilution of 25 milliliters per 1 liter of water or benzalkonium chloride (1,1856%) with a dilution of 45 milliliters per 1 liter of water.
DD disinfection booth made by Disaster Management Center (DMC) Dompet Dhuafa with many MSMEs, which are currently directly affected by the sluggish economy. "These booths are not sold and are not commercialized, but are installed free of charge in public areas and public service facilities," said drg. Imam Rulyawan.
Dompet Dhuafa building these disinfection booths using humanitarian funds donated by the community and institutions concerned with overcoming covid-19 and other humanitarian problems.
12 Covid-19 Special Services
As an effort to block (prevent and prevent) Corona, Dompet Dhuafa provides 12 services to the people of Indonesia. Namely, the Covid-19 hotline, education on clean and healthy living habits, spraying disinfectant services, logistical assistance and hygiene kits, Covid-19 prevention protocol documents, implementation of work from home, psychosocial support hotlines, health volunteers. specifically for Covid-19, ambulance services and standby health facilities, provision of personal protective equipment, funeral services, and a disinfection chamber.
Dompet Dhuafa also preparing supporting facilities for corona prevention. Namely, 8 hospitals, 1 field hospital, volunteer spraying disinfectants, 21 clinics, 15.000 volunteers from various fields, 30 ambulance units, 5 body ambulance units.
"Disinfectant spraying services, including carried out in places of worship in Indonesia. So far, spraying by the Team Dompet Dhuafa it has been done in 450 mosques, 24 churches and 2 monasteries, ”said the General Manager Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong, M. Imam Baihaqi. [DDHKNews]
