The Trend Of COVID-19 Rises Bantul Regency Government Continues To Boost Economic Activity

Bantul Regency Government/Photo: Antara

BANTUL - The Bantul Regency Government, Special Region of Yogyakarta has not taken a policy of tightening community economic activities even though the daily COVID-19 case transmission rate in this area continues to increase due to the Omicron variant. , with strict health protocols," said Bantul Regent Abdul Halim Muslih in Bantul, Tuesday, March 8. "We are still limiting face-to-face meetings at these schools, if the economy must continue, economic recovery must be achieved, because the economy concerns the livelihood of many people, it concerns the stomachs of many people," he said, quoted by Antara. According to the Regent, if economic activity in the community stops, it can be done impact on people not being able to meet their needs and this is even more dangerous, so economic recovery must continue to go hand in hand with preventing COVID-19. the same, in a room," he said.

The Regent said that activities in the education sector were still being tightened. "However, the economic sectors are not tightened," he said. Based on data from the Bantul COVID-19 Handling Task Force, the number of positive cases in Bantul from the beginning of the pandemic until Monday (7/3) accumulated 69,819 people, with a recovery rate of 61,101 people, while Thus, the number of active COVID-19 cases or patients who are still undergoing independent isolation or quarantine at the Bantul integrated hospital and shelter is 7,080 people, spread over 17 sub-districts throughout Bantul.