COVID-19 In Solo Reaches 438 Cases, Mayor Gibran Temporarily Stops Face-to-Face Learning

Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka gives a statement to reporters in Solo (ANTARA)

SOLO - The Solo City Government temporarily suspended face-to-face learning (PTM) for a week following the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Solo.

"Yes, we will evaluate it first this week, we will see how it develops," said Solo Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka in Solo, quoted from Antara, Monday, February 7.

Gibran said that recently the number of COVID-19 cases in Solo has continued to increase. On the other hand, the Governor of Central Java Ganjar Pranowo also instructed that the high school level temporarily run distance learning (PJJ).

On this policy, he admitted, there were some residents who objected. However, some of them support the policy. "Yes, we will evaluate again," he said.

Previously, the Head of the Surakarta City COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Ahyani, said that starting from Monday, PTM was stopped first and replaced with PJJ.

Meanwhile, as of Sunday, the evening of February 6, the number of COVID-19 cases in Solo was 438 people. Of the total, 415 of them are in isolation and 23 are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

This number increased from the previous day where there were 324 active cases of COVID-19 in Solo.

Regarding this, the Head of the Surakarta Health Service (DKK) Siti Wahyuningsih said that almost a third of the number of active cases in the city of Solo was an index of school cases. He noted that there were already 21 schools that had an index of COVID-19 cases.

"Until now, tracing (contact tracing) is still ongoing," he said.