Good News From East Kotawaringin, There Are No More COVID-19 Patients

JAKARTA - An encouraging development has occurred in East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan Province because based on data since Saturday, October 30 afternoon, there are no more COVID-19 sufferers.

"Alhamdulillah, it continues to improve, but I remind all of us to remain vigilant. We must not neglect, do not be careless, and do not slack off. Do not let the transmission of COVID-19 happen again and increase," said East Kotawaringin Regent Halikinnor in Sampit, reported by Antara, Sunday, October 31.

According to data from the East Kotawaringin COVID-19 Task Force on Saturday at 12.00 western Indonesia time, one person with COVID-19 was declared cured. With the recovery of the patient, there are currently no more COVID-19 sufferers.

Overall, the number of COVID-19 cases in East Kotawaringin is 5,250 cases, consisting of 5,049 recovered cases and 201 people who have died.

Halikinnor invites the entire community to remain disciplined in carrying out health protocols so that COVID-19 transmission does not appear again. The implementation of the health protocol is a joint effort so that the chain of transmission of COVID-19 can be broken so that this pandemic ends soon.

All activities such as in the fields of trade, education, entertainment, and others are reminded to continue to apply strict health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Handling Task Forces at all levels also remain vigilant and continue to monitor developments. Don't let cases of COVID-19 transmission re-emerge and increase again.

Halikinnor also invites all parties to anticipate the threat of a third wave of COVID-19 transmission, which is considered prone to occur in December. For this reason, he appealed to the public to always be disciplined in implementing health protocols, especially if traveling or coming from outside the area.

"Don't let it be because there are no cases, then we ignore health protocols, for example, don't want to use masks anymore when doing activities outside the house. Don't be like that. It's prone to re-inflicting COVID-19 transmission. We must continue to implement health protocols," said Halikinnor.

Meanwhile, the information that there are no more COVID-19 sufferers is warmly welcomed by the community. They are very grateful because they now feel safer when they are active outside the home.

"Alhamdulillah. Hopefully, people will be more obedient to government regulations, towards a better and healthier life. Amen," said Erni, a resident of Sampit.