Beware, 31 Neighborhoods In Surabaya Are Now Red Zone COVID-19 Status

JAKARTA - The Surabaya City Health Service said 31 Neighborhood Units (RT) in Surabaya City, East Java, were included in the COVID-19 red zone and 248 other RTs were in the yellow zone.

Head of the Surabaya City Health Office, Febria Rachmanita, said that his party appealed to neighborhoods and Urban Village Community Empowerment Institutions (LPMK) throughout Surabaya to intensify 3Ts, namely Testing (early examination), Tracing (Tracking), Treatment (Treatment) regularly. massive.

"In the case of positive cases found, tracing must be carried out immediately, then isolation and treatment in the form of treatment for COVID-19 positive patients", she said in Surabaya, as reported by Antara, Thursday, June 24.

In addition, Feny said that the Surabaya City Government would prioritize mass vaccinations in all RTs in the red and yellow zones. Therefore, the Surabaya City Government will start carrying out mass vaccinations this Thursday.

"We will prioritize vaccination in the red zone and yellow zone first", she said.

Febria explained that the vaccination carried out by the Surabaya City Government this time was not only aimed at people who work in public services, the elderly, People with Mental Disorders (ODGJ), and people with disabilities.

However, she said, vaccination will be given to all residents in the red and yellow zones aged 18 years and over in accordance with the criteria set by the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

"Vaccination will be given to all residents in the red and yellow zones aged 18 years and over and in accordance with the criteria determined by the Ministry of Health", she said.

She added that currently, her party already has data on people who have received the vaccine or not. The public does not need to worry about the availability of vaccines, because the Health Office has a sufficient number of vaccines to be given to residents in the red and yellow zones.

"We already have the data and we will forward it to all sub-districts in the city of Surabaya", she said.

As a measure to anticipate crowds during the vaccination process, she continued, the Public health center (puskesmas) will coordinate with the relevant sub-districts regarding the vaccination schedule for each neighborhood unit.

"Public health center and related sub-districts will coordinate to determine the vaccination schedule", she said.