Cianjur, W Java – Thirty-five healthcare workers in West Java’s Cianjur district were exposed to COVID-19 in the past 2 weeks, the highest number considering that the district recorded its first infections, the regional coronavirus task force stated.
” Throughout the pandemic, 150 healthcare workers working for 2 public health service posts have been exposed to COVID-19 and 115 of them have actually recuperated and are performing their responsibilities as typical, while the rest are conducting self-isolation at their respective homes,” spokesperson for the job force, Dr. Yusman Faisal, stated in Cianjur on Tuesday.
The number of health care workers contracting COVID-19 in the previous 2 weeks has actually been the highest since the start of the pandemic in the district, he included.
West Java is amongst the 6 provinces which have experienced a post Eid al-Fitr spike in coronavirus infections today besides Jakarta, Banten, Central Java, Yogyakarta, and East Java, according to the nationwide COVID-19 job force.
” The leading five greatest increases in COVID-19 cases have been discovered in the provinces of Jakarta, Central Java, West Java, Yogyakarta, and East Java,” job force representative Wiku Adisasmito informed at an online interview that ANTARA joined from Jakarta on Tuesday.
The sixth biggest factor to the current COVID-19 surge has actually been Banten province, he added.
The 6 provinces have taped in between 4 hundred and seven thousand cases this week, he revealed.
The post Eid al-Fitr COVID-19 surge has actually been observed in Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta, and Banten as they received homebound tourists throughout this year’s Eid holiday, he said.
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