Cases Of COVID-19 Tembus 1,000, Bandung City Will Copy DKI Jakarta Limiting Concert Capacity

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JABAR - The Bandung City Government (Pemkot) is starting to prepare to anticipate a spike in COVID-19 cases entering the end of the year, which is usually accompanied by a number of events that have the potential to cause crowds.

Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana said his party was preparing restrictions on community activities considering the number of COVID-19 in the city of Bandung has reached 1,000 cases.

"We will try to limit community activities again. The Bandung City Government is quite worried about the end of the year," said Yana in Bandung, West Java (West Java), Tuesday, November 15.

Yana said that currently daily cases in the city of Bandung reached 90-100 cases. According to him, recently there were only 5-10 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

However, Yana admitted that the cure rate for COVID-19 in her area was still relatively high. "I also don't know whether this is the XBB variant or not. The increase in cases did occur, BOR also increased. There was an increase so he had to be hospitalized," he said.

Yana conveyed that public activities such as entertainment events and music concerts would be the focus of restrictions in the city of Bandung, either in the amount or capacity. Previously, he said, the rules for such activities were permitted for 100 percent capacity. According to him, the restrictions will be in effect until the new year 2023. Yana admitted that she did not want normal activities to be a time bomb for COVID-19 cases in the future. at least, he said, masks still need to be used and keep their distance from each other. "We always remind the public, this pandemic is not over yet. Let's continue to implement health protocols with minimal masks and keep distance," he said.