Good News, Central Bangka Region Babel Zero New Cases Of COVID-19

Head of the Central Bangka Health Office, Dr. Anas Ma'aruf (ANTARA)

KOBA - Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, again zero cases of COVID-19 based on the release of daily case data, after four residents who were exposed had previously been declared cured.

Head of the Central Bangka Health Office, Dr. Anas Maaruf, said that the corona virus cases had started to decline since September 2022 and so far there have been zero cases.

"Very few residents have been exposed, only a few people and the healing is also relatively fast," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, March 3.

Anas explained that there were 8,138 people who were confirmed positive for the COVID-19 virus since 2019 until now.

"From the figure of 8,142, as many as 201 people died and the rest were declared cured or zero (zero) cases now," he said.

Even though there are zero cases, his party still urges residents to continue to carry out health protocols and the vaccination program continues to be carried out.

"Even now we are starting to intensify the provision of the fourth dose of vaccine, where the number has only been recorded at 589 people," he said.

The Health Office appealed to residents not to be complacent and to continue to be careful with the spread of the COVID-19 virus even though the case had begun to slope.

The Central Bangka Health Office also noted that 83.84 percent of residents had received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine or 128,507 people out of a total of 153,277 targeted residents.

Meanwhile, there were 109,920 people who had received the second dose of vaccine, or 71.71 percent, the third dose (of booster) was 48,358 people or 31.55 percent and the fourth dose of vaccine was 580 people.