Pangkalpinang, Bangka And Central Bangka City Enter The COVID-19 Red Zone

BABEL - The Bangka Belitung Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated that three of the seven regencies/cities were designated as COVID-19 red zones. Determination of the status following the high increase in daily cases and deaths.

"Currently Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Regency and Central Bangka are COVID-19 red zones," said the spokesman for the COVID-19 Task Force for the Babel Islands Province Andi Budi Prayitno in Pangkalpinang, Antara, Wednesday, August 18.

Apart from the three regencies/cities, other areas are in the orange zone, such as the regencies of West Bangka, South Bangka, Belitung and East Belitung, while the yellow zone is zero.

"Currently, the situation and condition of the transmission of the corona virus in the three red zone districts is increasingly concerning and we encourage efforts to control Covid-19 through increasing 3T and implementing health protocols that are still low," he said.

According to him, based on monitoring compliance in implementing the health care program at 494 points, it was observed that the compliance rate for wearing masks was 90.51 percent from 90.63 percent of the national average.

Meanwhile, the compliance rate for social distancing and avoiding crowds of Babylonians was 89.30 percent from 89.31 percent of the national average.

"We are not tired of continuing to invite all of us to get used to health protocols in everyday life as part of our collective responsibility and awareness so that the Covid-19 pandemic can be controlled and end soon," he said.

He invited the public not to ignore or underestimate COVID because many victims have been exposed to it.

"We ask the public to always ensure that at every opportunity we are disciplined in implementing the prokes, namely using masks, maintaining distance and avoiding crowds as much as possible, as well as washing hands with soap/hand sanitizer, reducing unnecessary mobility, and avoiding eating together in public places. public / crowded places," he said.