Governor of Riau Islands Ansar Ahmad has urged residents to be wary of the Omicron XBB subvariant of COVID-19 and continue to implement the health protocol to avoid the virus infection.<\/p>\n
According to the governor, residents’ compliance toward the health protocol has declined as most of them did not wear masks in public places.<\/p>\n
“If there are 10 people in a single room, only three to five people that wear a mask at most,” Ahmad who concurrently Head of the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force stated here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Spokeperson of the Riau Islands COVID-19 Handling Task Force Tjetjep Yudiana said that the Omicron XBB subvariant may have entered Riau Islands’ territory.<\/p>\n
“If we analyze the COVID-19 rapid infection, this (may occur because of) the Omicron XBB,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Wearing a mask is one of the efforts to prevent the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, he informed.<\/p>\n
To this end, he reminded residents to wear a mask while carrying out activities in public places to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19 attack.<\/p>\n
“Based on the experience of COVID-19 patients, all of us have already learned how painful it is to be infected with COVID-19,” he remarked.<\/p>\n
“When we are suffering, we isolate ourselves to prevent infecting the virus to others. I think that everyone do not want to get infected with COVID-19,” he continued.<\/p>\n
Within the last two weeks, COVID-19 active cases in Riau Islands increased from 36 to 101. Batam has 73 cases, Tanjungpinang has five cases, Bintan has 14 cases, and Karimun has nine cases.<\/p>\n
“We need to be wary of Omicron XBB, a COVID-19 subvariant. This virus infects more easily even though it is not too dangerous,” he noted.<\/p>\n
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Source: Antara News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"