There Are 280 New Cases Of COVID-19, Governor Edy Refuses To Lockdown. Choose Focus PPKM

MEDAN - Positive cases of COVID-19 in North Sumatra experienced a spike. Through the results of the PCR swab examination, there were 280 people who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, June 21.

With this addition, currently the total positive cases of COVID-19 in North Sumatra have reached 34,571 people. The city of Medan was recorded as the largest contributor with 91 positive cases.

Despite the large spike, the Governor of North Sumatra, Edy Rahmayadi, did not want to talk about the possibility of a lockdown in his region.

"Lockdown? I didn't discuss the lockdown from the start," said Governor Edy, Tuesday, June 22.

Gubsu Edy explained that the implementation of the lockdown would incur high costs. In addition, the geographical location of North Sumatra also makes the implementation of the lockdown difficult to monitor. Supervision will also be difficult.

"The issue of this lockdown is very expensive. Who can supervise it, North Sumatra has a lot of rat doors. For example, from Tebingtinggi to Medan, it is locked there, through the mountains, you can.

Therefore, Gubsu Edy asked the public not to be discouraged by the implementation of the lockdown carried out by other regions.

Currently, the former Kostrad Commander emphasized that his party is focused on implementing micro PPKM in North Sumatra. He said that the implementation of micro PPKM was very effective in North Sumatra, as evidenced by the use of the Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) which was only 35 percent.

"We press PPKM, we really do it real from the village, sub-district, district level. The most important thing is the discipline of our community, continue to wear masks, maintain distance," said Gubsu Edy.