Omicron Detected In East Java, Khofifah Asks Residents Not To Panic

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SURABAYA - East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa asked the public not to panic while increasing vigilance by tightening health protocols, following the detection of the COVID-19 variant of Omicron in the local area. until local transmission occurs," he said in Surabaya, quoted by Antara, Sunday, January 2.

Khofifah has coordinated with Pangdam V/Brawijaya Major General Nurchahyanto, East Java Police Chief Inspector General Pol Nico Afinta, Head of BNPB Lt. Gen. Suharyanto and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin. reducing mobility, avoiding crowds and accelerating vaccinations. The detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in East Java, said Khofifah, based on a report from the Airlangga University's "Institute Tropical Disease" (ITD) Surabaya. very fast," said the first female governor in East Java.

Khofifah asked all parties to maintain conditions so that the situation in East Java remains good and under control, namely by keeping the number of active cases low, the transmission rate continues to be monitored so that it stays below one percent, and there is no spike in cases. panic. So far, the omicron variant has not shown any character that endangers the lives of patients, especially those who have received the vaccine," he said.

Therefore, Khofifah asked all East Java residents who have not received two vaccines, especially those who have not been vaccinated at all, immediately visit health facilities to be injected with the vaccine. There are 98 active COVID-19 cases in East Java as of January 1 2022, there are 98 people out of a total of 400,081 people. Data on patients recovered as many as 370,237 people, while the victim died 29,746 people. Then, the achievement of the first dose of vaccination was 78.59 percent, then the second dose was 56.98 percent. While the vaccine for the elderly reached 63.31 percent.