Worried That COVID-19 Will Spike Again, The South Sumatra Health Office Asks The Public Not To Relax The Health Program

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PALEMBANG - The number of COVID-19 cases in South Sumatra is currently still under control. Efforts to suppress the addition of cases are also going well.

However, there are concerns that there will be a spike in COVID-19 cases. Moreover, currently the trend of positive cases in Indonesia is also increasing.

For this reason, the South Sumatra Health Service invites the public to remain vigilant. Residents are asked not to relax health protocols, both indoors and outdoors.

"The COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, if people relax the prokes, it is feared that there will be another spike in positive cases, which currently can be minimized," said the Head of the South Sumatra Health Office, Lesty Nuaraini, in Palembang, Saturday, June 11, as reported by Antara.

Lesty said that until June 2022, only 18 additional positive cases of COVID-19 were detected in a number of regencies and cities within the province of South Sumatra. Conditions that are already good enough, he continued, need to be suppressed to zero cases.

In addition to urging the public to increase their vigilance, his party also seeks to provide community protection with complete first and second doses of vaccination and boosters.

Regarding the development of COVID-19 vaccination services in all areas of South Sumatra, the first dose has reached 83.45 percent and the second dose of vaccination has reached 66.51 percent of the target of 6.3 million people.

Meanwhile, the realization of the third dose of COVID-19 vaccination/booster (booster) is still low, only 14.49 percent or has only reached 790,476 people. To provide optimal communal immunity, the South Sumatra Health Office is trying to complete the first and second dose vaccination services and to increase the booster vaccination service or the third dose.