East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa\u00a0has reminded all parties to re-strengthen health protocols and accelerate\u00a0COVID-19 booster vaccination in response to a recent spike in cases,.<\/p>\n
The former minister of social affairs announced that there had been an increase in positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 in East Java\u00a0in the last four days.<\/p>\n
“This increase in COVID-19 cases has also occurred nationally. Even according to Worldometer data, as of November 5, 2022, Indonesia is ranked 9th globally,” she said in Surabaya, Sunday.<\/p>\n
Based on data from the East Java COVID-19 Task Force, there have been\u00a0 616,397 positive confirmed cases, with 2,011 active cases as of November 5, 2022 .<\/p>\n
Governor Parawansa informed that the addition of daily COVID-19 cases in East Java has been observed to increase since November 1, 2022.<\/p>\n
“It started from 595 cases per day, rose to 580 cases, and further moved up to 681 cases, with the highest number of cases recorded at 685\u00a0 on November 4 and\u00a0 it slightly decreased to 669 cases per day on November 5. Hopefully, it will continue to decline,” she added.<\/p>\n
The governor noted\u00a0 that the number of\u00a0 positive COVID-19\u00a0 cases also showed an upward trend\u00a0 in several countries due to the spread of the Omicron XBB sub-variant.<\/p>\n
Although the Ministry of Health stated that the Omicron XBB sub-variant did not cause severe symptoms, she advised the public\u00a0 to stay vigilant.<\/p>\n
“There is no need to panic. Reinforcing health protocols and accelerating vaccination is the key,” she conveyed.<\/p>\n
According to her, the economic and public\u00a0 activities have returned to normal.<\/p>\n
“This normal condition must be maintained. I urge all those who work, study, and carry out\u00a0 social, religious, cultural, and other activities to continue to follow health protocols,” she remarked.<\/p>\n
As of Sunday, data from the COVID-19 dashboard vaccination showed that 205.190.090 people (87,44%) have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine,\u00a0 171.989.257 people (73,29%) have received the second dose,\u00a0 65.379.116 people (27,86%) have received the third or booster dose, and 682.436 people (46,46%) have received the second booster.<\/p>\n
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Source: Antara News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"