August 2020, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), in the last four months, has undertaken a Psychosocial Support Program (PSP) on people whose affected by COVID-19. Especially on families whose one of them tested positive by COVID-19, and on people who still have the stigma on COVID-19 patients. This includes giving PSP to PMI volunteers and other humanitarian workers who have spent the last four months in an effort to prevent the COVID-19. " This is a difficult situation for all of us. This makes us abandon our good habits of caring for others because we're fear that makes us infected. This is caused by a lot of misinformation in the public and makes them scared about it. That's why we came, approached the leaders, gave the education related to COVID-19. The important thing is that we support each other in a situation like this. especially when there is a family member affected by the COVID-19", said Wahyu Nurwasi Rofiah Sakti, Psychosocial Support Specialists, PMI. PMI has also had regular meetings to open PSP online to volunteers. They were given education on how to manage stress. Based on data on July 29th,2020, PSP services have reached 24,773 people.
Malaysia reported 2,932 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 4,578,741, according to the Health Ministry.
There are two new imported cases, with 2,930 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Three new deaths were reported, pushing the death toll to 35,787.
The ministry reported 2,292 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 4,512,935.
There are 30,019 active cases, with 42 being held in intensive care and 25 of those in need of assisted breathing.
There were 5,576 vaccine doses administered on Tuesday alone and 85.9 percent of the population have received at least one dose, 83.6 percent are fully vaccinated and 49.5 percent have received boosters.
