Muhammadiyah Asks To Tighten Health Protocol Preventing The Spread Of Omicron Variant

ILLUSTRATION ANTARA

YOGYAKARTA - The Central Executive (PP) of Muhammadiyah asked the public to tighten the application of health protocols to prevent the potential spread of the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron in Indonesia.

"We all have to obey health protocols. If we are disciplined, God willing, we will soon be free from the threat of this epidemic," said Chairman of the Muhammadiyah COVID-19 Command Center (MCCC) Mohammad Agus Samsudin in a written statement quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 4.

In addition to implementing prokes, he also appealed to the public to eat nutritious food and exercise diligently.

Agus hopes that the public will not be careless because according to observers, the Omicron variant is three times more likely to trigger reinfection (reinfection) than the Delta or Beta variant.

In addition to tightening the entrance to the country, according to him, the government needs to increase genomic surveillance.

Nevertheless, he asked the public not to panic considering that the government had tried to contain the new variant from entering.

"Don't panic, the government has made a policy to restrain Omicron from entering," he said.

Although the number of indicators for handling COVID-19 in Indonesia continues to show improvement, Agus reminded that without getting bored with the discipline of health protocols such as maintaining distance, wearing masks, washing hands, and immediately vaccinating.

"All parties do not want this epidemic to spike again in the country. Because if we are careless, then the possibility of cases rising again can happen like in other countries," he said.

The MCCC, he said, appreciated the health workers and volunteers who fought tirelessly to care for the patients, so that the epidemic could be controlled and continued to slope.

"I would like to express my appreciation to all those who have helped MCCC, especially in reducing the number of COVID-19 cases, so that we can also see the cooperation with the government now that the positive numbers continue to decline," said Agus.