Yogyakarta Leaves One Village With COVID-19 Orange Zone Status

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YOGYAKARTA - The epidemiological condition of COVID-19 cases in the city of Yogyakarta in mid-October is getting better. Almost all urban villages in the city are already in the yellow zone and only one sub-district is still in the orange zone or at moderate risk of COVID-19.

"Of the 45 urban villages, almost all of them are already in the yellow zone, the remaining one is still in the orange zone, namely in Pakuncen," said Heroe Poerwadi, Head of the Yogyakarta COVID-19 Handling Task Force, quoted by Antara, Friday, October 15.

In early October, there were only 19 sub-districts in the yellow zone and the rest were in the orange zone.

Even though the epidemiological conditions in the city of Yogyakarta are already in the yellow zone, until now the city and all regencies in DIY are still implementing level three PPKM.

"If you look at the current condition of case transmission and the achievement of vaccinations that have been completed, then the City of Yogyakarta should have been able to go down to level two," he said.

Heroe asked the community to take the positive side with the implementation of level three PPKM in DIY.

“When you are at level three, then there are some restrictions that must be made more stringent than if you go down to level two. I think it would be better if we opened community activities in stages, including tourism, so that cases are under control," he said.

This week, the findings of positive confirmed cases in the city of Yogyakarta were below 10 cases per day with a better cure rate and a low mortality rate.

On Thursday, October 14, there were an additional six positive cases and on Friday, October 15 there were an additional five positive cases bringing the total active cases to 104.

“Bed occupancy in referral hospitals is also very low at 8.3 percent. This condition that is already quite good needs to be maintained with strict procedures," he said.