Good News, Batam City Is Free Of COVID-19 Cases

JAKARTA - The number of COVID-19 cases in Batam City, Riau Islands Province, was recorded at zero on Saturday, May 21. This achievement came after one patient who underwent treatment for being infected with the corona virus was declared cured.

"Alhamdulillah, Batam returns to zero COVID-19 cases today. All patients have recovered," said Head of the Batam City Communications and Information Office Azril Apriansyah in Batam, quoted from ANTARA.

Azril explained, the cumulative number of residents who were infected with COVID-19 in Batam City since the beginning of the pandemic until now is 30,973 people, with details of 30,058 people having recovered and 915 people dying.

According to him, currently 12 sub-districts in Batam City have entered the green zone, a zone without COVID-19 cases. Nevertheless, he appealed to residents to continue to apply health protocols so that cases of corona virus transmission do not appear again in Batam City.

"Especially when in the health protocol room, don't loosen up, especially masks," said Azril.

He said that the city government was trying to immediately complete the implementation of vaccinations to increase residents' immunity against COVID-19 attacks.

"We will continue to carry out vaccinations, therefore for those who have not been vaccinated, let's hurry up," he said.

According to vaccination coverage data published on the Ministry of Health's official website on Saturday, the COVID-19 vaccination target in Batam City was 907,317 people and the first, second, and third doses of vaccination were recorded to have covered 104.52 percent, respectively; 92.11 percent; and 44.18 percent of the target.