COVID-19: update from my perspective (again)

 Hello! It's been hectic for a while, and now there's news that Jakarta will applied PSBB again starting this monday, Sept 14 2020. The governor took this step as emergency brake since the graphic has been showing increasing cases of Covid-19 and the ICU was almost full in the Covid-19 referal hospital. During the past few weeks, I have seen people not wearing masks in the street, talking to each other closely, not keeping distances as recommended by WHO. Even some dont believe Covid-19 is real; they keep thinking it's a conspiration theory for the medics to earn more money. I was amazed and couldnt respond more to those hoax spreading in the community because they dont even want to listen and  understand when you explain to them. It's been tiring weeks for the medics; every time Im on my shift in the hospital more and more people are coming with suspect or probable covid, even with confirmed covid. Some of them have no symptoms at all which are more dangerous because they are not aware of their illness; others come with dyspnea followed by another comorbid. Wearing hazmat is always tiring for us, since we stay in hours with all the cover ups and even sweat a lot. Hopefully this pandemic will end soon and we can say goodbye to this virus with a happy ending. Stay safe and healthy. Keep your distance minimal 1m from each other. Wash your hands with soap frequently. Sincerely, your health professional who hopes to wear her white coat again without hazmat.

COVID-19: perspective from a medic

These few months have been greatly influenced by the effect of coronavirus. Many conferences and flights are cancelled; plans are postponed until undecided time. A month ago, my country was declared zero case, which I dont believe in much since almost all neighbouring countries are affected and how can there's no case at all? Early March there were two confirmed positive cases, and the whole nation goes wild. Disposable mask and hand sanitizers are out of stock; people went to buy groceries to stock them in their home. I am working in a hospital and masks are essential themselves because we treat patients all the time, not knowing if they have respiratory infections if we dont do anamnesis and physical examination well enough. Some patients even disclose their health history even if we ask them, which is nonsense for me since 80% of the diagnosis is built from a good anamnesis. Masks are sold out almost everywhere and if not, they are selling it in an extremely high prices. It's different from Korea where all informations about the spreading are shared to the community so that everyone can take precautions from it. Government advises to reduce grouping in large community, avoid crowded places, wear masks, hand sanitizing, and they even make a drive thru to check COVID-19 for people with flu symptoms. Im amazed with their fast and hardworking measurement; the government here should learn from them in handling the diseases. Of course I cant avoid to reduce contact with other people because of my job. Washing hands frequently and avoiding from getting sick are the only things we can do right now. Hopefully this will end soon and everything gets better. Stay safe everyone!