Heram And Yabansai Villages In Jayapura Are Categorized Red Zone, 49 People Are Positive For COVID-19

PAPUA - The Mayor of Jayapura, Papua, Benhur Tomi Mano said Heram Village and Yabansai Village were categorized as COVID-19 red zone.

"It is true that the two urban villages are in the red category of COVID-19 cases after 31 people in Heram Village were positive for COVID-19 and 18 cases in Yabansai Village (a total of 49)," he said in Jayapura, Wednesday, June 2.

From the report of the Jayapura City COVID-19 Prevention and Control Task Force in last May, it was recorded that two people died in Heram Village.

The increase in COVID-19 cases in the two urban villages occurred after Eid al-Fitr. The mosque, which is located at Perumnas IV, Padang Bulan, Hedam Sub-district, will be temporarily closed from May 23 to June 6 due to several administrators and their families contracting COVID-19.

In addition to the two urban villages, said BTM, other areas in Jayapura City are included in the orange and green zones so that people are expected to continue to comply with health protocols related to COVID-19.

Cumulatively positive cases of COVID-19 in Jayapura City were recorded at 9,115 people, 8,852 of them recovered, 166 people died and 97 people were treated.

Of the 97 positive people, there were 22 people being treated in various hospitals, while the remaining 75 people underwent self-isolation, added Jayapura Mayor Benhur Tomi Mano.