Health Office: 18 People Died Of COVID-19 In North Sulawesi Unvaccinated

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MANADO - The North Sulawesi Health Office said 18 people who reportedly died from COVID-19 in the first week of March 2022, had not been vaccinated.

"So, on average, those who die who have not been vaccinated are also exacerbated by comorbidities," said the Head of the Surveillance and Immunization Section of the North Sulawesi Health Service (Dinkes) Merry Pasorong in Manado, quoted by Antara, Monday, March 7.

According to data from the North Sulawesi COVID-19 Handling Task Force as of March 6, 2022, the accumulated death cases in the first week had reached 31 people, more than the last week of February, which was 29.

He explained that several co-morbidities suffered by COVID-19 patients included kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, pneumonia, hepatitis and anemia.

Merry suspected that the unvaccinated patient was afraid and worried because he had comorbidities.

In fact, according to him, before getting vaccination services, health conditions are checked first to ensure whether they can be vaccinated.

If they get vaccinated, he continued, the protection will increase even more, while those who have not been vaccinated will have a worse condition when they contract a new variant.

"Indeed, there are also those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, but the symptoms are mild or without symptoms," he said.