Jakarta's COVID-19 Cases Rise Again, Deputy Governor: People Start Ignoring Prokes

Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (DOK VOI/Rizky Aditya)

JAKARTA - The number of COVID-19 cases in DKI Jakarta has increased again in the last few days. Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria considers that currently many people are starting to ignore health protocols.

"Some people are starting to lack control and neglect, starting to not be careful anymore. Maybe because they are tired, it has been more than a year (the COVID-19 pandemic)," Riza said when met in the West Jakarta area, Friday, June 11.

In addition, Riza revealed that the increase in cases of the corona virus in the capital was also due to an increase in the Lebaran homecoming yesterday. In addition, mobility is getting higher because the ban on going home has ended.

"The impact of interaction is getting higher, inside and outside the city because it has been opened. Those who come from abroad have also increased in the last few weeks," he said.

Seeing that the number of cases has increased again and the occupancy of isolation beds and the COVID-19 special ICU continues to increase, this Gerindra Party politician asks residents to remain careful about the transmission of the corona virus.

"Even though we have done a lot of vaccines in DKI Jakarta, it doesn't mean that we are careless, we ignore it. Instead, we want a significant increase in terms of tightening health protocols," he explained.

Previously reported, DKI Jakarta Province recorded a fairly high addition of COVID-19 cases as of June 10, 2021, namely there were 2,096 positive cases from the examination of 15,775 specimens.

This figure has increased from new cases as of June 8 as 755 cases and as of June 9 as many as 1,376 cases.

"The number of active cases in Jakarta today increased by 970 cases, so the number of active cases to date is 12,820 people who are still being treated or isolated," said Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division of the DKI Health Office, Dwi Oktavia.

In addition, there are currently 19 cases of the new variant of COVID-19 in Jakarta. The details, as many as 18 cases have a history of travel from abroad and 1 case of local transmission. However, Dwi did not explain what type of virus mutation entered the capital.

Not only that, Dwi also explained that there were 988 families who were infected with COVID-19 from the Lebaran homecoming cluster this year. "From the identification of the homecoming cluster from May 21 to June 10, 2021, there were 2,008 positive cases from 988 families," said Dwi.