COVID-19 Meningkat Dalam Sepekan, Satgas : Salah Satunya Penerapan Prokes Mulai Kendor

Satuan Tugas (Satgas) COVID -19 Provinsi Papua mencatat pertambahan kasus sekitar 800 lebih kasus positif Covid-19 dalam sepekan ini.

Menurut Juru Bicara Satgas COVID-19 Papua, Silwanus Sumule, peningkatan signifikan tersebut, dikarenakan sejumlah faktor, dimana salah satunya penerapan protokol kesehatan yang mulai kendor.

Hal itu ditegaskan Sumule di Jayapura, Kamis (1/7/2021).

Sementara faktor lain yang tak kalah penting, sambung dia, adalah cakupan vaksinasi di Papua belum terlalu membaik. Termasuk testing dan tracing yang juga menurutnya sedikit longgar.

“Beberapa faktor ini yang memberi pengaruh sehingga terjadi peningkatan kasus di beberapa Kabupaten/Kota di Papua,” kata dia.

Sumule mengharapkan masyarakat untuk tetap menjalankan prokes secara maksimal serta segera melakukan vaksinasi guna menghindari penularan COVID-19. Sebab bila tidak, maka penularan tidak dapat dihindarkan lagi.

“Coba kita lihat di pulau Jawa saat ini dimana banyak rumah sakit kewalahan menangani pasien”.

“Ada pula pasien yang tak bisa dirawat di ruang khusus akibat kapasitas yang terbatas. Jika, kita semua di Papua tidak peduli dengan pencegahan COVID-19, bukan tidak mungkin kondisi itu bisa dialami Papua kedepan,” jelas dia.

Sebelumnya Ketua Harian Satgas COVID-19 Papua, Welliam Manderi mendorong pemerintah kabupaten dan kota untuk mempercepat pelaksasanaan vaksinasi COVID-19.

Dengan begitu, diharapkan penularan virus corona dapat diminimalisasi dan dicegah total. Dia juga mengimbau masyarakat tetap menjalankan protokol kesehatan secara maksimal.

The COVID-19 Task Force of Papua Province recorded an increase of about 800 more positive cases of Covid-19 this week.

According to Papua COVID-19 Task Force Spokesperson Silwanus Sumule, the significant increase is due to a number of factors, one of which is the implementation of health protocols that are starting to loosen.

This was confirmed by Sumule to the press in Jayapura, Thursday (1/7/2021).

While another, he continued, is that vaccination coverage in Papua has not improved too much including testing and tracing which also according to him is loose.

"Some of these factors are affecting the increase in cases in some regencies/cities in Papua," he said.

Sumule expects the public to continue to carry out the maximum health protocol and immediately vaccinate to avoid the transmission of COVID-19.

"Let's see in Java today where many hospitals are overwhelmed with patients".

"There are also patients who cannot be treated in special rooms due to limited capacity. If all of us in Papua do not care about the prevention of COVID-19, it is not unlikely that the condition can be experienced by Papua in the future," he explained.

Previously, the Chairman of the Papua COVID-19 Task Force, Welliam Manderi urged the district and city governments to accelerate the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination.

Thus, it is expected that the transmission of coronavirus can be minimized and prevented completely. He also urged the public to continue to carry out health protocols to the fullest.