Health Office Tracks Residents With ILI Symptoms To Anticipate COVID-19

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TANGERANG - The Tangerang City Health Office, Banten, is tracking the public, including those experiencing symptoms of Influenza Like Illness (ILI), to detect early new cases of COVID-19 transmission.

"Local health centers that will carry out tracing include those experiencing ILI symptoms. This is an early mitigation in preventing the emergence of new COVID-19 cases," said Head of the Tangerang City Health Office, Dr. Dini Anggraeni, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 8.

Currently tracking is in progress with target employees. There have been 738 city government employees from six OPDs who were tested for an antigen swab test and the results were negative for COVID-19.

"So far, tracking has been carried out on 738 ASN from six OPD, and all of them are negative for COVID-19," he said.

Tangerang Mayor Arief R. Wismansyah said active surveillance activities for the public and employees ahead of the 2021 Christmas and New Year holidays are an effort to suppress the spread of COVID-19.

"Active surveillance is carried out both within the Tangerang City Government, schools and crowded places, including community 'tracing' by local health centers," he said.

He added that vaccination was also continuously optimized by opening centers in a number of places. For residents who have difficulty reaching vaccination health facilities, the Health Office will make efforts from house to house.

Vaccination coverage in Tangerang City until December 7, 2021 has reached 93.9 percent or 1,388,646 people for dose one, while for dose two it has reached 70.9 percent or 1,048,924 people.