Cases Of COVID-19 In Jakarta Rise, Bangka Belitung Decreases

PANGKALPINANG - The case of COVID-19 in the Province of the Bangka Belitung Islands continues to decline. On Saturday, June 25, at noon WIB, the number of positive COVID-19 patients remaining was four.

This number increased by one patient from the previous data. This was conveyed by the Secretary of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Mikro Antariksa.

Mikron said that four COVID-19 patients who were still undergoing self-isolation were spread across three Pangkalpinang City and one patient in Belitung. Meanwhile, Bangka, Central Bangka, West Bangka, South Bangka and East Belitung Regencies are without COVID-19 patients.

"Today there are no cases of people dying from the Coronavirus", said Mikron, as reported by Antara.

Mikron explained, that in the last two months the cases of transmission and spread of COVID-19 have been getting more and more decrease. This is believed to be due to the high level of immunity, application of health protocols, and clean living behavior of the community.

"Although the COVID-19 case has been getting more and more sloping, we are still socializing the implementation of the COVID-19 health protocol to the public", he said.

In addition, his party continues to optimize mass vaccination activities to increase community immunity from the Coronavirus.

"We urge the public to always maintain cleanliness because cleanliness is part of faith. Maintaining personal, family, and environmental hygiene is the key to preventing various infectious disease viruses", concluded Mikron.

Currently, the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are threatening. In Indonesia, 143 cases were detected in the past week.

This number increased from the last report as of June 14, 2022, with as many as 20 cases, said the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril.