Bandung City Anticipates The Third Wave Of COVID-19

Acting Mayor of Bandung Yana Mulyana/Photo: Antara

BANDUNG - The Bandung City Government has prepared self-isolation rooms in each sub-district in order to anticipate the potential for a third wave of COVID-19. West, Thursday, February 3. The isolation rooms have been prepared in 30 sub-districts in Bandung City to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the family environment. The isolation rooms can be used if there are residents who are confirmed to have COVID-19 and it is not possible to isolate them at home In addition, Yana said the Bandung City Government had also asked 30 referral hospitals to prepare beds to anticipate COVID-19 patients. Even so, he hopes that the bed will not be used. "Although we hope that it will not be used, so we provide around 600 to 700 beds," said Yana.

According to Yana, in early January 2022, COVID-19 cases in the city of Bandung experienced a drastic increase. According to him, over the past month, the increase in COVID-19 cases has reached more than 3,000 percent. "Indeed, the increase is extraordinary, so we have to be vigilant, there's no need to panic, but be vigilant," Yana said. As for January 2, 2022, active COVID-19 cases totaled 21 people in the city of Bandung. Meanwhile, on February 2, 2021, the number of active COVID-19 cases rose to 793 people.