The Governor Of South Sumatra Reminds People Not To Slack Prokes

PALEMBANG - South Sumatra Governor Herman Deru appealed to the public not to relax health protocols (prokes) in a condition of a surge in COVID-19 cases and the current threat of the Omicron variant.

"Prokes must continue to be implemented and even improve in quality. The recent increase in cases of transmission of the corona virus is due to one of the reasons why people are starting to relax in implementing health procedures," said Herman Deru in Palembang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, February 17.

To enforce the discipline of implementing health care programs, his party together with regents/mayors in 17 regencies/cities continue to make efforts to disseminate information to the public to remind them to always wear masks, wash their hands, prevent crowds and reduce mobility.

In addition, his party also seeks to support district/city governments in enforcing PPKM rules and health procedures in crowd centers and business places according to the provisions and levels.

Through these efforts, it is hoped that cases of COVID-19 transmission can be controlled so that they do not continue to increase and become extraordinary events.

Based on data from February 16, 2022, 1,043 people were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

"The positive cases of COVID-19 are predicted to continue to increase until March 2022, so it is necessary to take various preventive measures, one of which is to strictly implement the prokes," said Herman Deru.

Previously, the Head of the South Sumatra Health Service, Lesty Nurainy, explained that the hospital occupancy rate or 'bed occupancy rate -BOR' in the local province had increased in line with the addition of COVID-19 patients in the past month.

For South Sumatra in general, the BOR continues to move up, currently reaching 38 percent of the 1,839 available beds and 56 percent in Palembang (out of 881 beds).

"To prevent the BOR from going into a 70 percent warning position, his party appealed to all parties and all levels of society to support the government's efforts to continue to reduce the transmission rate of COVID-19," said Kadinkes.