Pekanbaru City Government Reduces TMP Bus Operations During Corona Virus Pandemic

News24xx.com - The Pemko Pekanbaru reduced the operation of the Pekanbaru Trans Metro bus (TMP) during the corona virus pandemic. It is feared that the TMP bus is one of the points of the corona virus spread.

"We deliberately reduce the operation of the TMP bus. Because, the spread of the corona virus is most risky in public facilities," said Pekanbaru Mayor Firdaus, Thursday (5/21/2020).

Of the many outbreaks in the past few years, this corona virus is considered the most devastating. Transmission takes a short time to countries in the world.

"The number of patients who have died and been exposed is enormous. But even more devastating than all this, the health crisis caused by the corona virus has led to an economic crisis," Firdaus said.

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Because, this virus has no vaccine. World health experts can only know its characteristics.

Then the treatment is carried out in the form of a patient under surveillance. Then proceed with the process of swab (mucus sampling in the respiratory tract).

Various countries are taking steps to lockdown (quarantine territories). Finally, an economic crisis occurred.

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As a result, many employees are laid off. Many informal sectors cannot move.

That's why there was a social crisis. Then it takes social solidarity to share in this condition.

"The Covid-19 Pekanbaru Task Force Team has been collecting basic food assistance from individuals or companies. So we also distribute it. So this assistance is distributed from the community to the community. This is called social solidarity and also social piety," Firdaus said.