2 Sukabumi Residents Positive For COVID-19 After Traveling Out Of Town

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SUKABUMI - The Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Sukabumi Regency, West Java said that two residents of Sukabumi Regency were confirmed positive for COVID-19 after traveling out of town.

"The data we received on Thursday showed that two new cases were confirmed positive for COVID-19 because they had a history of traveling out of town," said Public Relations of the Sukabumi Regency COVID-19 Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling, Eneng Yulia, quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 23.

There were also two patients, namely a 15-year-old girl, a resident of Ciracap Sub-district who traveled to Tangerang, Banten, and a 21-year-old woman from Gegerbitung Sub-district who traveled outside the city to DKI Jakarta.

The two patients are currently undergoing self-isolation in their respective homes, and their health conditions are quite good. According to Eneng, a number of residents who contracted COVID-19 within a few weeks from the search results turned out to have a history of traveling outside the city.

Therefore, her party appealed to the people of Sukabumi Regency not to travel outside the city or region if there was no urgent or important business, then during the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays, it would be better to use it to gather with family at home.

Even if you choose to travel, you must always apply strict health protocols, such as always wearing a mask, maintaining hand hygiene by regularly washing with soap or washing using hand sanitizer, and staying away from crowds.

"This deadly virus still exists, as evidenced by the presence of residents who have been confirmed positive. For the two new cases, we have traced a number of residents who were in close contact with the patient," she said.

Eneng said that in addition to the addition of positive cases of COVID-19, on Thursday there were two patients who were declared free or recovered from the virus that first spread in Wuhan, China. The two patients were a woman from the Kalapanunggal sub-district, and a seven-month-old baby boy from the Curugkembar sub-district.

In total, there are 11,770 patients who have confirmed COVID-19, 11,183 patients have been declared cured, four patients are still undergoing isolation, and 583 patients have died.