Essay "Corona Virus"

Corona Virus Opponents

              


























              Lately, the world has been rocked by a virus called the corona virus. Corona virus is a type of virus that first originated in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed the status of this corona virus into a pandemic, because it has become epidemic in almost all countries in the world. To date, 152 countries have contracted the corona virus. The country with the second most infection after China is Italy. According to WHO records to date, there have been 12,465 cases of covid-19.

This virus is very contagious so that many people are infected, just by sprinkling a cough or sneezing from a person infected with the corona virus, the affected person will be infected too. Symptoms of this virus are almost similar to the common cold. This virus has an incubation period of about 14 days, so a person will feel his symptoms after being infected for 14 days.

Until now, there has been no vaccine to cure diseases that originate from this corona virus. Therefore, we must know and do all forms of control that can be done to prevent the corona virus. The government has outlined three control steps that can be taken to fight this virus. The three steps are, doing activities at home, maintaining social distance and self-isolation.

            The first in controlling corona virus is doing activities at home. According to WHO, corona virus can be transmitted from sprinkling of fluids from the nose or mouth of patients who cough or runny nose. Therefore, President Jokowi appealed to the community to carry out learning, work and worship activities at home. Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Doni Manardo also reinforced this appeal in a notice stating that, efforts to prevent and control this corona virus would not be meaningful if the community did not support and work together to make an appeal by adopting a healthy lifestyle, learning, working and worshiping at home.
The Head of BNPB Doni Monardo, as the Chair of the Task Force for the Acceleration of Covid Handling, stated that the government's efforts to prevent and control the spread of the virus would not be effective without community support. The government emphasizes the importance of community participation in controlling Covid-19 transmission, including by implementing clean and healthy lifestyles. Also follow the call to study, work, and worship at home.(katadata.co.id).

                The second step is to maintain social distance. Maintaining social distance is a recommended method by health experts to prevent the corona virus from getting infected quickly. This method is done by keeping a distance from each other so as not to spread from person to person. According to the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, keeping this social distance is away from all forms of crowds and keeping two meters apart from other people. Like in America, all schools are closed and all other important activities are canceled. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing is avoiding mass gatherings and keeping a distance of 2 meters - or roughly one fathom - from someone else. In New York City, for example, cinemas have been temporarily closed, many conventions around the world have been canceled, and all schools in the US closed.(kompas.com).

Regarding maintaining social distance, according to guidelines issued by the Australian Department of Health, it can be done by staying at home if you feel unwell, don't shake hands with others, wash your hands frequently, apply a cough and sneeze ethic and often clean equipment that is often touched with disinfectant. According to guidelines issued by the Australian Department of Health, maintaining social distance can be done by staying at home when sick, not shaking hands, and washing hands frequently with soap or cleaning fluid. In addition, applying ethics sneezing and coughing, reducing food sharing at work, and cleaning items that are often touched using disinfectants.(katadata.co.id)

                The last is self-isolation. Hospitals will be overwhelmed when they have to isolate everyone who has a history of contact with covid-19 sufferers. This statement of self-isolation has been submitted by a government spokesman for the handling of the corona virus in an open meeting stating that "do isolation yourself, wear a mask for the sick, do social distance from others" and he also advocates for independent quarantine because it could be a person the positive corona feels healthy and unconsciously it transmits to others who have weak immunity if doing activities outside the home. "Do self-isolate, use the right mask, do social distancing (social distance), sleep alone first, do not share eating and drinking utensils, immediately wash the utensils with washing soap," said Yuri who is also a government spokesman for handling the virus corona. "We know this virus is very fragile wrap by any detergent. So this must be done. " He advised residents to follow independent quarantine recommendations because there were people with Covid-19 who showed no symptoms of illness. They can unknowingly transmit the virus to other people while on the move outside the home. "It's dangerous because we can actually work everyday without knowing that we transmit it to people whose immune and health is weaker," he said.(katadata.co.id).

Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto also issued a circular about self-isolation to every state leader such as the governor and mayor to be conveyed to the public. As a legal umbrella in this handling, Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto issued Circular Letter Number HK.02.01 / MENKES / 202/2020 concerning the Self-Isolation Protocol in Handling Coronavirus Disease. The circular addressed to the head of the ministry or agency, governor and regent / mayor was signed last Monday (3/16).(katadata.co.id)

            The conclusion is, any form of control that has been appealed by the government or health organizations we all must follow and carry out these appeals to avoid the corona virus. Never underestimate and ignore all appeals from governments and health institutions. We must stay healthy and be good at protecting ourselves .