Beware, The Level Of Compliance With The Health Protocol In Malang Decreases

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MALANG - Malang Mayor Sutiaji stated that the level of compliance of residents to implement health protocols for handling COVID-19 began to decline and caused a spike in confirmed cases in the area. , from 92.7 percent to 92.4 percent. "Indeed, public awareness of health protocols has started to decrease. From 92.7 percent to 92.4 percent, so there is a decline," said Sutiaji in Malang, East Java, Monday, January 24 He hopes that the community can strengthen the application of health protocols, especially when carrying out activities outside the home. Moreover, currently in Malang City, positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased significantly. In addition, he continued, the Christmas and New Year holidays have also increased community mobility and added confirmed cases. Therefore, the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) of Malang City will increase supervision of the implementation of health protocols. Forkopimda of Malang City has also held an Appeal to Hold a Motorcycle Patrol Force for Enforcement of Health Protocols (Pamor Keris) for the Malang City area in order to improve the implementation of health protocols for the community. For information The motorized patrol team made by the National Police involves the TNI-Polri ranks and the local government with the target of carrying out joint patrols in order to enforce health protocols and create safe and orderly conditions in the community. for all of us," he said. He added that the joint personnel deployed to oversee the implementation of the health protocols were not meant to restrict people's movements. However, it is more of an anticipatory measure to minimize the spread of COVID-19. In addition, in each region, it is hoped that the implementation of micro community activity restrictions (PPKM) can also be tightened. Supervision related to the implementation of health protocols must be carried out starting from the Neighborhood Association (RT) and Residents Association (RW) levels. In Malang City, in total there were 15,742 positive confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 82 active cases recorded. Of the total, 14,527 people were reported to have recovered, 1,133 people were declared dead. The surge in COVID-19 cases in the region was recorded to have occurred on January 18, 2022. From January 18-23 2022, there were 73 new confirmed cases recorded. COVID-19 from the family cluster and educational environment.