Jemaah Umroh Diingatkan Waspadai Wabah MERS-CoV
Indonesian Govt Issued Warning to a Minor Hajj Pilgrimage be Alert the MERS-CoV
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Kementerian Kesehatan mengeluarkan peringatan kepada rakyat Indonesia terutama bagi para calon jamaah umroh ke Arab Saudi mengenai kewaspadaan untuk MERS-CoV.
"Semua sudah diberikan peringatan, jamaah yang akan umroh, 'travel agent', semua sudah dikumpulkan untuk diberikan peringatan," ujar Menkes.
Menkes juga mengatakan semua KKP juga telah dilengkapi oleh peralatan pemindai panas tubuh sehingga dapat digunakan untuk memeriksa penumpang yang baru datang dari luar negeri terutama dari negara-negara Arab dimana virus korona tengah mewabah.
"Kalau ada gejala seringan apapun, segera memeriksakan diri. Makin cepat dipantau makin mudah untuk memastikan (apakah tertular virus korona). Dan sebutkan juga (ke petugas kesehatan) kalau anda baru datang dari Arab," kata Menkes.
Badan Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) mencatat ada 10 kasus baru di Arab Saudi dalam jangka waktu 24 jam pada tanggal 30 April 2014 dari kota Mekkah, Jeddah dan Madinah.
Seorang WNI di Mekkah juga tewas oleh MERS-CoV minggu lalu namun Menkes mengatakan belum ada kasus ditemukan di Indonesia baik dari jamaah umroh maupun WNI lain yang berkunjung ke negara-negara Arab.
"Alhamdulillah untuk Indonesia selama ini yang umroh belum ada (yang tertular MERS-CoV). Ada yang kembali dengan gejala-gejala tapi ternyata negatif," kata Menkes.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian Ministry of Health issued a warning to the people, especially those on a minor Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, to be alert towards the MERS-CoV.
"They have all been notified, including would-be minor Hajj pilgrims and travel agents," Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi said in here.
The minister remarked that all the airport health centers have also been provided with equipment to monitor the body temperature of passengers arriving from abroad, especially from Arab countries where cases of the virus have been reported.
"In case symptoms are found, check immediately. The faster one reports the case the better it will be, as it will help to control the virus from further spreading. Do not forget to tell the health worker if you just arrived from an Arab country," she reiterated.
The World Health Organization has so far recorded 10 new cases in Saudi Arabia in the past 24 hours on April 30, in Mecca, Jeddah, and Madinah.
An Indonesian citizen died of MERS-CoV in Mecca, last week, but no case has been found in Indonesia.
"Thank God, no minor Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia have contracted the disease so far. Some have had symptoms similar to those suffered by MERS-CoV patients, but after being checked the test results were all negative," she added.
