Batang, C Java, June 29 -- Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has cautioned that the bed occupancy rates of isolation rooms at hospitals had reached a perilous level following a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.

"At this moment, it has reached above 80 percent, so (hospitals) need to increase the number of beds soon," Pranowo emphasized during a visit to the Kalisari General Regional Hospital (RSUD) in Batang District, Central Java, on Tuesday afternoon.

The governor made an earnest request to the Batang district administration to prepare emergency hospitals or tents to help treat COVID-19 patients.

According to the Batang district head, the hospital has currently admitted 24 COVID-14 patients. Hence, the local government should prepar...