Based on the records of the Padang City Co-19 Task Force Team, up to April 1, 2020, 6 people were stated to be positive, Co-19. 6 people who were positive covid-19 had a history of having traveled from infected areas such as neighboring Indonesia and other Indonesian cities exposed to the pandemic. suppress the positive number of citizens covid-19 Padang city government conducts rigorous checks across the Padang city border.

On April 1 2020 the Co-19 Task Force team stopped all vehicles entering the desert and checked one by one the body temperature and passenger health.

In addition, the task force team also sprayed a number of vehicles both motorbike sepeds, private cars, and passenger buses with disinfectant fluids.