Vice Governor: Imlek Celebration at Home May Curb COVID Quickly

Jakarta Vice Governor, Ahmad Riza Patria is optimistic that Imlek (Chinese New Year), which falls on Friday (2/12) will increase the enthusiasm of residents to bounce over COVID-19.

Happy Imlek for those of you who celebrate it

He urged them to continuously implement the health protocol for curbing COVID-19 and stay at home as much as possible.

"Happy Imlek for those of you who celebrate it. May our lives be filled with kindness, patience, care for our fellow humans and nature," he said, Friday (2/12).

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He hoped that this moment brought goodness, abundant sustenance, perfect health and prosperity to all.

"I urge all of us to celebrate the long Imlek holiday by staying at home with loved ones," he said.

According to him, celebratory parties at home would speed up the handling of COVID-19. If COVID-19 could be controlled, the economy would slowly rise.

He added, based on the experience of long holidays, it always made new clusters of the spread of COVID-19.

"So let's stick to 3M's health protocol. Keep your distance, wear a mask, and wash your hands with soap," he stressed.

Previously, Jakarta Health Agency's Disease Prevention and Control Division Head Dwi Oktavia Tatri Lestari explained, based on the most recent data as of February 11, the swab tests had been carried out on 17,865 specimens. 15,321 of them were to diagnose new cases with 2,514 positive and 12,807 negative results.

""The number of people tested last week has reached 110,790, while 268,418 people have undergone the swab tests," he explained.

As for the number of active cases in Jakarta to date was 22,659 people who were undergoing self-isolation at home (including data of athlete's homestead) or decreased to 1,514 cases. As for the total number of confirmed cases in Jakarta today was 306,229 cases. Of these cases, 278,822 people were cured with a cure rate reaching 91.1% and 4,748 people died with a death rate of 1.6%, while Indonesia's death rate was 2.7%. The positivity rate in the last week in Jakarta was 20.2%, while Indonesia was 10.7%. WHO also set a standard percentage of positive cases of no more than 5%.