UPAYA PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN COVID-19 PADA MASYARAKAT KAMPUANG SUMUA KELURAHAN LADANG CAKIAH KOTA BUKITTINGGI

Abstract

Corona virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) adalah penyakit jenis baru yang belum pernah diidentifikasi sebelumnya pada manusia. Di Indonesia, setiap saat terjadi peningkatan kasus dampak Covid-19 ini. Bahkan penyebaran virus ini telah sampai ke berbagai daerah termasuk Sumatera Barat (Sumbar). Di Sumbar, daerah yang memiliki kasus tertinggi adalah Kota Padang. Tinggi kasus penyebaran virus ini sehingga pemerintah telah menerapkan peraturan PSBB (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar) di tingkat Provinsi. Untuk kota Bukittinggi, sebagian besar masyarakat memiliki pekerjaan dengan upah harian, seperti pedagang, supir angkutan umum, tukang ojek, petani, dan lain-lain. Masyarakat mengeluhkan dampak PSBB ini menyebabkan hilangnya penghasilan mereka untuk kebutuhan sehari-hari. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk meningkatkan ketahanan pangan masyarakat melalui pendistribusian sembako, dan meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat melalui media leaflet, serta pemberian masker non medis sebagai upaya pencegahan penularan Covid-19. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan di RT 04 Kampung Sumua Kelurahan Ladang Cakiah Kecamatan Aur Birugo Tigo Baleh Kota Bukittinggi. Metode kegiatan berupa penyuluhan dan pemberian leaflet, masker dan paket sembako. Hasil kegiatan yang telah dilaksanakan berupa penyuluhan mengenai Covid-19 kepada masyarakat Kampung Sumua dalam bentuk leaflet yang dibagikan kepada masyarakat langsung ke tiap rumah untuk menghindari adanya perkumpulan. Selanjutnya dilakukan pemberian masker sebagai bentuk pencegahan Covid-19. Upaya selanjutnya memberi bantuan langsung yaitu membagikan paket sembako kepada masyarakat Kampung Sumua terkena imbas dari PSBB selama masa Covid-19 berupa beras, telur, minyak goreng dan gula sebanyak 40 paket. Kegiatan ini dapat memberikan dampak positif bagi masyarakat dengan pemberian bantuan secara materi. Harapannya agar ke depan masyarakat dapat terhindar dari Covid-19 dan penyebaran virus ini serta kehidupan kita dapat berlangsung normal. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a new type of disease that humans have never previously identified. In Indonesia, every time there is an increase in cases of the impact of Covid-19. In fact, the spread of this virus has reached various areas, including West Sumatra (West Sumatra). In West Sumatra, the area with the highest cases in Padang City. The high number of cases of this virus's spread has resulted in the government implementing PSBB (Large-Scale Social Restrictions) regulations at the provincial level. For Bukittinggi, most people have jobs with daily wages, such as traders, public transport drivers, motorcycle taxi drivers, farmers, and others. The community complained about the impact of this PSBB, which resulted in the loss of their income for their daily needs. The purpose of this activity is to improve the community's food security through the distribution of necessities, increase public knowledge through leaflet media, and the provision of non-medical masks as an effort to prevent Covid-19 transmission. This activity was carried out in RT 04 Sumua Village, Ladang Cakiah Village, Aur Birugo Tigo Baleh District, Bukittinggi City. The activity method is counseling and giving leaflets, masks, and raw food packages. The results of activities carried out are in the form of counseling about Covid-19 to the people of Kampung Sumua in the form of leaflets distributed to the community directly to each house to avoid gatherings. Subsequently, masks were given as a form of prevention of Covid-19. The next effort was to provide direct assistance, namely distributing food packages to Sumua Village people, which were affected by the PSBB during the Covid-19 period in rice, eggs, cooking oil, and sugar, many as 40 packages. This activity can have a positive impact on the community by providing material assistance. The hope is that people can avoid Covid-19 and the spread of this virus in the future, and our lives can take place naturally.