Towards Zero, COVID-19 Patients Mandatory Isolation In West Bangka, Two People Left

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BANGKA BELITUNG - Two patients have confirmed COVID-19 and are still required to undergo a period of isolation in West Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province. In the future, the isolation period will be over", said the Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force for West Bangka Regency, M. Putra Kusuma, in Mentok, Monday, April 25.

Based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force in West Bangka Regency during the pandemic, 7,052 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were found.

Of the total number, 160 patients died, 6,890 patients were declared cured or finished undergoing the isolation and treatment period, while currently only two people are still required to be isolated.

"We are working together to take care of each other so that there is no more transmission of the virus so that we can carry out daily activities with new habits according to applicable health protocols", he said, quoted by Antara.

In addition to the discipline of implementing health protocols, the government also invites all eligible citizens to participate in the success of the COVID-19 vaccination movement to increase body resistance while building communal immunity.

"Vaccination is believed to be a way of protecting oneself so that when contracting the virus it does not cause severe symptoms or even cause the victim to die", he said.

Until now, of the 157,934 COVID-19 vaccination targets in West Bangka Regency, the number of residents receiving the first dose of the vaccine reached 132,555 people or 83.93 percent, recipients of the second dose of 105,926 people or 67.07 percent, and recipients of the third dose of vaccine 16,072 people or 10. 18 percent.

In addition, the government has also provided vaccinations to groups of children with a target of 21,728 people. Of these, 20,837 people, or 95.91 percent had received the first dose of the vaccine, and 17,617 people, or 81.09 percent had received the second dose of the vaccine.