Kasus COVID Turun, Warga Diimbau Tetap Jalankan Prokes

JAYAPURA – Satgas COVID-19 Papua mengkonfirmasi angka harian penularan virus korona saat ini sudah mengalami penurunan.

Kendati demikian, warga diminta untuk tetap menjalankan protokol kesehatan (Prokes) sebagaimana yang ditetapkan pemerintah.

“Diantaranya jaga jarak dan gunakan masker saat berada di tempat umum”.

“Intinya meski angka kasus sudah mulai turun, bukan berarti masyarakat seenaknya tidak menerapkan Prokes dengan baik. Sebab lebih baik kita mencegah,”  kata Juru Bicara Satgas Covid-19 Papua, Silwanus Sumule, di Jayapura, Senin (1/11/2021).

Masih menurut Silwanus, secara umum Provinsi Papua belum bisa dikategorikan telah mencapai kekebalan kelompok atau herd immunity. Hal ini karena cakupan vaksinasi di hampir sebagian besar wilayah luar Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura, masih sekitar 24 persen.

“Kalau di Kota dan Kabupaten Jayapura sudah cukup baik cakupan vaksinasi yaitu mencapai 65-70 persen. Diluar ini belum”.

“Makanya, apa pun alasannya penerapan Prokes tidak boleh kendor sedikitpun. Mau dia karena bosan lalu warga tidak mau terapkan Prokes lagi ini tidak boleh terjadi. Sebab secara nyata penularan masih terjadi sampai hari ini,” tegasnya.

Pada kesempatan itu, ia mengimbau aparatur pemerintahan di seluruh Papua agar tetap gencar mengingatkan warga untuk menjalankan Prokes.

Sebab penularan secara global (mendunia) sampai saat ini masih saja terjadi, ditambah telah ditemukannya varian baru dari virus korona.

“Saya kira imbauan pentingnya Prokes wajib selalu disampaikan kepada masyarakat. Dan masyarakat tidak boleh lengah menjaga kesehatannya,” pungkas dia. ***

JAYAPURA – COVID-19 task force of Papua confirmed that the daily rate of coronavirus transmission has now decreased.

Nevertheless, citizens are asked to continue to carry out health protocols as stipulated by the government.

"Keep your distance and use a mask in crowded public places”

"The point is that even though the number of cases has started to go down, it does not mean that the public should not apply health protocols well. Because we better prevent it," said Spokesman of Covid-19 task force of Papua, Silwanus Sumule, in Jayapura, Monday (1/11/2021).

According to Silwanus, in general Papua Province cannot be categorized as having achieved group immunity or herd immunity because vaccination coverage in most areas outside Jayapura city and Jayapura regency still around 24 percent.

"Jayapura city and Jayapura regency have good vaccination coverage enough, it reaches 65-70 percent."

"Therefore, whatever the reason for the application of health protocols should not be loose because in real terms transmission still occurs to this day," he stressed.

On that occasion, he appealed to government officials throughout Papua to continue to aggressively remind residents to carry out health protocols.

Because global transmission is still happening until now and the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus.

"I think the importance of health protocols must always be conveyed to the community. And people should not let their guard down to take care of their health," he concluded. ***