MPR backs uses of 27 hajj dormitories for treating COVID-19 patients
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A hajj dormitory in Indramayu District of West Java. ANTARA PHOTO/Dedhez Anggara
May the preparation for necessary health facilities at the hajj dormitories be completed soon as several hospitals are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients Jakarta (ANTARA) - People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid has expressed support for the government's decision to use 27 hajj dormitories across Indonesia as self-isolation centers for COVID-19 patients.
To this end, the Ministry of Religious Affairs is suggested to coordinate with related ministries and National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), he said in a statement that ANTARA quoted here Sunday.