The Covid-19 pandemic that is currently engulfing Indonesia is considered to have to be addressed in an extraordinary way, one of which is collaboration.
An expert from the Minister of Communication and Informatics, Donny BU, said that in the past the struggle of this nation used sharpened bamboo, now the sharpened bamboo is in the form of a gadget to fight against a common enemy, namely the Covid-19 pandemic and overcome hoaxes or disinformation.
"Hoaxes should not be taken lightly because they can thwart the Covid-19 handling program, thwart vaccinations, thwart health protocols, and the economy will not recover," Donny said at the launch of the Tiktok competition #CeritaSalingBantu, Saturday (7/24/2021).
He is grateful that this collaboration has the full support of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Prof. Nizam and Professor of the Faculty of Public Health (FKM) UI Prof. Fatma Lestari to help carry out digital communication to the community.
According to Donny, currently Indonesia has 202 million internet users or about 70 percent of its citizens. It is the same as the herd immunity target to be achieved in the vaccination of the Indonesian people.
"If these numbers are fought to comply with the health procedures, want to be vaccinated when the vaccine is ready, and fight hoaxes, then the Covid-19 pandemic can be quickly resolved. One of them is an interesting campaign using TikTok or social media," he added.
Real Work
On that occasion, Prof. Nizam believes that if everyone cares, is aware, and always maintains health protocols, this nation can overcome the pandemic.
"We invite Dikti people to do real work in the form of creations that can inspire all of us to jointly overcome the pandemic so that we can get out of the conditions that are not wearing right now," he said.
While Prof. Fatma said the collaboration with the Covid-19 Handling Committee and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN) involving the Ministry of Education and Culture, Kominfo, is a very good multidisciplinary collaboration.
"Especially for the Covid-19 pandemic, moreover this pandemic has enormous challenges. This situation continues to develop and the challenges are getting higher," said Prof. Fatma.
He also welcomed tips memilih bandar togel terpercaya the competition in collaboration with TikTok. According to him, in the past, during the Spanish flu pandemic, the risk communication method was through puppets, now with TikTok. Of course adapted to the time and era. So this is a way and strategy to communicate the risk of a pandemic.
"This idea is very good, a new approach. It involves young people, university students, high school students to share their experiences in helping to deal with Covid-19 and national economic recovery," he concluded.
Competition Registration
Project Officer of the RECON Education and Information Team of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Danar Arif Ramadhan said it was necessary for young people to contribute to the handling of Covid-19 by educating the public with content on TikTok.
"Young people can tell how they can play a role in helping during the pandemic," he said.
For information, you can take part in the Tiktok #CeritaSalingBantu competition by registering for the competition and uploading your work on July 25-5 August 2021.
The selection will take place August 6-8 2021, in which the announcement of the winners will be held at the Merdeka Learning Symposium.