COVID-19 Cases Rise Again, Acehnese Are Asked To Anticipate Through Prokes

Archives - Residents disembark from the Banda Aceh-Sabang ferry at Balohan Harbor (ANTARA)

ACEH - The Aceh COVID-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) stated that the number of people exposed to COVID-19 had increased again. Vigilance through the discipline of implementing health protocols needs to be increased.

The spokesman for the Aceh COVID-19 Task Force, Saifullah Abdulgani, said that in the last few days, dozens of new cases had been added. Most of the residents of Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar.

"This trend of increasing new cases deserves the attention of all parties to take steps to anticipate the spike through control," said Saifullah in Banda Aceh, Antara, Friday, February 4.

According to data from the Aceh COVID-19 Handling Task Force, there are 17 new cases added per day, including 10 Banda Aceh residents, three Aceh Besar and Pidie residents, and one Langsa City resident.

On Thursday, January 3, it was reported that six people from Banda Aceh had tested positive, three people from Aceh Besar and Aceh Utara, and two other recent cases were residents of Lhokseumawe City and Aceh Singkil.

The addition of dozens of new cases gave an increase in the number of infected patients being treated. Currently, there are 61 patients under treatment, only a few are hospitalized, and generally they are asymptomatic patients who must self-isolate.

Therefore, to prevent another spike in new cases, control and prevention efforts are needed by implementing more disciplined health protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining distance, and avoiding crowds that need to be tightened again.

Further prevention, he said, is through increasing antibodies as a defense fort in the body. Increase in specific antibodies against the corona virus by primary vaccination and follow-up vaccination with booster doses.

Therefore, he appealed to the public not to waste the opportunity and immediately carry out the COVID-19 vaccination, both the first and second doses, as well as booster doses.

"Prevention is much better than being infected with the virus and having to self-isolate, especially if you have to be treated in a hospital isolation room," said Saifullah.

Accumulatively, to date, there have been 38,503 COVID-19 cases in Aceh, of which 36,375 have recovered, 61 are in medical treatment or self-isolation, and 2,067 have died.