Denpasar COVID-19 Task Force: Nearly 98 Percent Of Residents Are Exposed To COVID-19 Because They Are Not Vaccinated

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DENPASAR - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force for Denpasar, Bali, I Dewa Gede Rai, did not deny that a number of residents were still exposed to COVID-19 after vaccination.

However, according to him, residents of Denpasar City who were exposed to COVID-19 were partly because they had not been vaccinated.

"There is, but I will underline it. Most (exposed to Covid-19) almost 98 percent have not received the vaccine," said Dewa Rai, when contacted on Thursday, July 8.

"I had time to check some samples with the village head and the head of the health center, of the recent exposures, it turns out that 98 percent have not been vaccinated," he added.

Dewa Rai reiterated that there are people who are still exposed to COVID-19 after being vaccinated. Therefore, residents who have been vaccinated are asked to adhere to health protocols.

"Indeed there are, some one or two who have been vaccinated, some have only been vaccinated once and have been vaccinated twice. That's why we still recommend the health protocol even though they have been vaccinated. However, (if vaccinated) according to medical research it will be able to help, if exposed and will not be severe. Then accelerate the healing process, "he said.

In addition, the Task Force targets 70 percent of Denpasar residents to be vaccinated. The goal is to quickly form herd immunity.

The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Denpasar City is still high. The daily increase in cases in the provincial capital of Bali is still around 100 people.