Doctors Always Care For Body Immunities Because The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Not Been Completed

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JAKARTA - Doctor Felix Samuel of the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, reminded the public to continue to maintain their body immunity by living a healthy lifestyle, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet.

"This can be done by eating foods with balanced nutrition, coupled with supplement consumption if needed," Felix said, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

Felix, who is now continuing his postgraduate education in the field of Physiology and Sports Medicine, said that people also need to get enough rest, exercise regularly, and ensure good stress management.

In addition, periodic health checks that may have been forgotten during the last three years of pandemic should be resumed, especially if they have certain health risk factors.

Felix said that COVID-19 events in Indonesia still occur every day. Restrictions on community activities are considered not very effective, especially since these restrictions can have a broad socio-economic impact if they are carried out for too long.

On the other hand, vaccination efforts from the government to the booster stage or booster dose for the community are considered quite effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

"Of course these efforts need to be supported by good behavior from the community," he said.

He also reminded the public to continue to apply health protocols, namely wearing masks in public places, maintaining social distance, and diligently washing hands so that the spread of COVID-19 can be suppressed optimally.

According to him, this healthy living behavior can not only prevent the public from spreading COVID-19, but also preventive efforts to various other diseases. Preventive efforts are one of the main pillars in public health management. The ultimate goal is to improve public health standards in general.

"Health efforts cover various things, including disease prevention or preventiveness, increased health or promotive, disease or curative healing, and health recovery or rehabilitative. These things are important to do to remind the public about the importance of keeping the body healthy," said Felix.

Then, in order to encourage healthy living behavior in the community, a number of health efforts are needed. Meanwhile, these health efforts include health education, vaccination efforts, improving primary service health services, both by the government and the private sector.

Another thing is the promotion of clean and healthy living behavior such as eradicating mosquito nests, exclusive breast milk, good diet, exercise, no smoking, diligently washing hands, and activities in Posyandu and the need for health insurance or health insurance for all members of the community.