Wow, The Red Zone Of COVID-19 In Sleman District Has Tripled

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DIY - The COVID-19 red zone in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) has increased three times. The data is based on the Sleman Health Office as of May 22, 2022.

"In the period before May 22, there were only two red zone urban villages, but currently there is a three-fold increase to six red zone villages," said Sleman District COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson, Shavitri Nurmaladewi in Sleman, Friday 27 May.

According to him, the six sub-districts included in the red zone include Selomartani, Sendangsari, Sendangadi, Bokoharjo, Tambakrejo and Pondokrejo villages.

He said that of the 86 sub-districts in Sleman, there were no urban villages that were included in the orange zone, then there were eight sub-districts in the yellow zone or 9.3 percent.

"Meanwhile, the number of sub-districts that have entered the COVID-19 green zone in Sleman has reached 81.4 percent or as many as 70 villages," he said, as reported by Antara.

Shavitri said the kelurahan-level COVID-19 zoning map issued by the Sleman District Health Office (Dinkes) is dynamic and published regularly.

Meanwhile, based on data from the COVID-19 Handling Committee and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN), the total COVID-19 vaccinations in Sleman Regency as of May 22, 2022 reached 101.2 percent for the first dose, 93.5 percent for the second dose, and 35.11 percent for the third dose or booster.

"The Sleman Regency Government continues to intensify COVID-19 vaccinations to complete and booster doses," he said.

He said vaccination was not a guarantee of immunity against COVID-19, but vaccination was proven to prevent severe symptoms when the body was infected with the COVID-19 virus.

"The benefit of vaccination is to increase immunity to prevent the worst risk of COVID-19, so there is no need to be picky about vaccines because all types have the same efficacy," he said.