Coordinating Ministry For Human Development And Culture: Prevent Spike In COVID-19 Cases With Health Protocols

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JAKARTA - The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK) invites the entire community to play an active role in preventing a spike in COVID-19 cases by continuing to be disciplined in strengthening health protocols.

"The increase in COVID-19 cases in the last three weeks reaffirms the importance of health protocols, wearing masks, washing hands, and maintaining distance," said Deputy for Coordination for Health Quality Improvement and Population Development at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture Agus Suprapto, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 9.

Agus Suprapto added that people also need to maintain their immune system by maintaining a clean and healthy lifestyle.

"Every individual needs to maintain fitness. One of the efforts to fight the virus is by fitness. The body's immune system must be maintained properly," he said.

People can continue to work and carry out various other activities, but they should not be euphoric considering that they are currently still in the COVID-19 pandemic status.

"Let's continue to look after each other and remind each other about the importance of health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and also prevent other disease risk factors," he said.

Agus Suprapto also reminded the need to increase vaccination achievements starting from the first dose to the third dose or booster.

"For people who haven't received the vaccine, let's get vaccinated immediately by visiting the nearest health center, while for those who haven't had the booster vaccine, let's get the booster immediately," he said.

Agus also reminded the public about the importance of maintaining cough etiquette and sneezing etiquette as an effort to prevent disease transmission.

"In addition, what the public also needs to pay attention to is not to spit carelessly," he said.

Meanwhile, data released by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force reports the trend of weekly cases in Indonesia has increased again, which is 31 percent. Data on May 22 2022, positive cases totaled 1,814 cases, but now it has risen to 2,385 cases.

Daily active cases also experienced an increase of 328 cases or 10 percent. From the daily active cases reported on June 2, 2022, namely 3,105 cases, now it has increased to 3,433 cases.