West Java and Banten have reduced the variety of areas categorized as COVID-19 high-risk red zones.
West Java Guv Ridwan Kamil posted on his Instagram account on Tuesday a photo of a danger map with a caption discussing that the province had two red zones: Bekasi regency and Cirebon city.
View this post on InstagramMinggu ini zona merah di Jawa Barat tinggal 2 daerah: Kab Bekasi dan Kota Cirebon. Bulan lalu sempat 7 daerah. Mari disiplin 3M sambil menunggu vaksin.
Four regions have now been categorized as low-risk yellow zones while the remaining 21 areas are categorized as medium-risk orange zones.
” Last month we still had 7 red-zones,” the caption mentioned.
As a conclusion, the caption advised individuals to be disciplined in following the 3Ms while awaiting a vaccine.
The 3Ms describe the health protocols of menggunakan masker( mask-wearing), mencuci tangan( handwashing) and menjaga jarak( social distancing).
The National COVID-19 job force has formerly reminded the general public that discipline in following the 3Ms was the way the general public could contribute to breaking the chain of COVID-19 transmission.
Meanwhile, in Banten, South Tangerang is the only city categorized as a red zone after seven other regions were reduced to orange zones.
Based on data from the Banten Health Firm, the regencies and cities listed as orange zones are Tangerang regency and Tangerang city, Lebak regency, Serang regency, Pandeglang regency, Serang city and Cilegon city.
Tangerang regency was the most recent area to be downgraded from a red zone this month.
According to Tangerang COVID-19 task force spokesperson Hendra Tarmizi, the number of favorable COVID-19 cases had begun to decrease this month.
” The number of inpatients treated at hospitals and the death rate have also decreased,” Hendra stated as priced estimate by kompas.com on Tuesday.
Furthermore, according to Hendra, authorities had likewise stepped up testing, tracing and treatment procedures as most of COVID-19 cases in Tangerang regency were asymptomatic. Asymptomatic patients are quarantined at a hotel with 180 beds.
He described that authorities were working to see Tangerang regency’s status reduced to yellow by December.
” Nevertheless, we should not let our guard down. We need to avoid new clusters from emerging,” Hendra stated.
Since Tuesday, West Java had taped 31,250 positive COVID-19 cases and 600 deaths, while Banten had actually registered 7,922 cases and 239 deaths.
Nationwide, 368,842 cases had been taped as of Tuesday with 12,734 deaths.( iwa)
Editor’s note: This post is part of a public project by the COVID-19 job force to raise individuals’s awareness about the pandemic.
