Pemprov Papua Kebut Vaksinasi di Kabupaten dan Kota Minimalisasi Transmisi Omicron

JAYAPURA - Pemerintah Provinsi Papua lewat Satgas COVID - 19 setempat memastikan belum menemukan kasus varian baru omicron di seluruh bumi cenderawasih.

Kendati demikian, Pemerintah Provinsi Papua telah mengambil langkah dengan menerbitkan Surat Edaran Gubernur Papua tentang upaya antisipasi terhadap penyebaran virus korona yang berlaku hingga Februari mendatang. 

Dimana salah satu poin dalam surat edaran itu, yakni melakukan percepatan vaksinasi di daerah. 

“Masih ada daerah yang cakupan vaksinasi rendah. Satgas Covid harus segera berkoordinasi dengan Dinkes untuk percepatan vaksinasi.  Ini menjadi warning bagi kita agar jangan sampai omicron masuk dan memberikan dampak bagi masyarakat,” ucap Juru Bicara Satgas Covid-19 Papua, Silwanus Sumule saat dihubungi di Jayapura, Rabu.

Menurut dia, langkah antisipasi virus COVID varian omicron sangat penting dilakukan oleh semua pihak terkait.

Khususnya pasca libur natal dan tahun baru. Sehingga peristiwa melonjaknya kasus COVID - 19 pada Agustus 2021 lalu  pasca libur hari raya tak terulang lagi di awal tahun ini. 

“Pengalaman kita di 2021 ketika lonjakan besar kasus Covid terjadi mulai Agustus hingga Oktober yang berawal sesudah liburan Idul Fitri. Jadi, memang perlu dapat perhatian dari semua warga akan kondisi ini,” terang dia.

Sumule berharap masyarakat tidak lengah dengan kondisi saat ini. Dimana penyebaran virus korona tidak mematikan seperti sebelumnya.

Kendati demikian, dia berharap agar prinsip atau upaya menekan penularan virus korona dapat terus digalakkan, dengan diantaranya menggunakan masker di tempat umum. 

Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kota Jayapura, Ni Nyoman Sri Antari mengharapkan institusi terkait di seluruh pintu masuk pelabuhan maupun bandara, dapat memaksimalkan pengawasan arus penumpang yang masuk ke Kota Jayapura.

“KKP harus siap-siap di bandara dan pelabuhan. warga yang baru pulang juga sebaiknya isolasi mandiri, kita kan tidak tahu seperti apa kondisnya di dalam pesawat atau kapal,” katanya. 

Ia menambahkan, pihaknya sendiri sampai sekarang masih rutin melakukan Rapid Test terhadap para penumpang yang baru turun dari kapal. Namun pemeriksaan hanya beberapa sampel saja dan difokuskan pada penumpang yang berasal dari pulau Jawa. ***

JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government through the local COVID-19 Task Force confirmed that it has not found cases of new variants of omicron throughout the earth.

Nevertheless, the Papua Provincial Government has taken the step of issuing a Circular Letter of the Governor of Papua on efforts to anticipate the spread of the coronavirus which is valid until next February.

One of the points in the circular is accelerating vaccination in the area.

"There are still areas with low vaccination coverage. The Covid-19 task force must immediately coordinate with the Health Department to accelerate vaccination. This is a warning for us not to enter and have an impact on the community," said Covid-19 Papua Task Force Spokesman Silwanus Sumule when contacted in Jayapura on Wednesday.

According to him, the anticipated steps of the omicron variant COVID virus are very important to be carried out by all relevant parties.

Especially after Christmas and New Year so that the soaring cases of COVID-19 in August 2021 then after the holiday was not repeated at the beginning of this year.

"Our experience in 2021 when a large spike in Covid-19 cases occurred from August to October which starts after the Eid holiday. So, it is necessary to get the attention of all citizens about this condition, "he explained.

Sumule hopes that people will not be caught off guard by the current conditions. Where the spread of the coronavirus is not as deadly as before.

Nevertheless, he hopes that the principle or efforts to suppress coronavirus transmission can continue to be encouraged, including using masks in public places.

Head of Health Department of Jayapura, Ni Nyoman Sri Antari expects related institutions at all port entrances and airports, can maximize the supervision of the flow of passengers entering Jayapura City.

"The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries must be ready at airports and ports. People who have just returned should also be self-isolated, we do not know what the condition is in the plane or ship," he said.

He added, his own party still routinely conducts rapid tests on passengers who have just disembarked from the ship. But the test was only a few samples and focused on passengers who came from Java island. ***