I'm Well! COVID-19 Cases In NTB Are Under Control During The Eid Holiday

Head of the NTB Provincial Health Office, Dr. Lalu Hamzi Fikri. (AMONG)

MATARAM - The case of COVID-19 in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) during the Eid 1443 Hijri holiday was monitored under control.

The Head of the NTB Provincial Health Office, Dr. Lalu Hamzi Fikri, said that the daily COVID-19 case data in the region was getting minimal, even zero.

"Based on daily evaluations, there has been a decline in cases from the peak of cases in February 2022 to before the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Likewise, until May 9, 2022, COVID-19 cases were under control," he said in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, 11 May.

He explained that monitoring, evaluation and daily release of case developments were continuously carried out. Based on daily evaluations from May 1 to May 9, 2022, the highest number of daily cases was two people on May 5, 2022. The rest, daily case findings of COVID-19 were more often zero and one case.

"Hopefully the hard work of all parties can continue to maintain this increasingly conducive and controlled condition of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Hamzi Fikri.

He said, during the Lebaran holiday this time the level of community mobility was quite high, so the NTB Provincial Health Office would continue to monitor the pandemic conditions in this area two weeks after Lebaran.

"Because the pandemic is not over yet, so that case control efforts in both the NTB province and regencies/cities continue to be optimized," said the Director of the NTB Provincial Hospital.

"For example, by accelerating vaccination to giving dose III or booster, the implementation of the 5M program, especially in social activities, continues to be carried out sectorally, and the strengthening of the implementation of 3T (testing, tracing, treatment) in each district/city continues to be optimized," continued Hamzi. thought.

The vaccination achievement in NTB is quite good. Vaccine dose I has reached 98.37 percent, dose II vaccine is 85.93 and booster vaccine is 23.02 percent or 900,381 people.

"The booster vaccination coverage was quite high in progress before the Lebaran holiday yesterday. The first dose of vaccine for children has reached 81.03 percent and the second dose of vaccine 67.44 percent," he said.