Arek-Arek Surabaya's Spirit to Recover from COVID-19

JAKARTA – The city of Surabaya is one of the provinces in Indonesia that is included in the black zone for the spread of COVID-19. However, no ‘Arek Suroboyo’ name if you don’t dare to face the outbreak of the disease virus.

Through the hashtag #SurabayaWani, Surabaya netizens encourage each other to fight together to face the coronavirus pandemic. They are determined that the city of Surabaya can return to normal.

“Let’s cheer up the spirit of the Arek-arek Suroboyo heroes. Foster a sense of empathy for the Arek-arek Suroboyo heroes,” said the account @ 03_nakula, Thursday, June 4.

Hi city of Heroes. You are facing the current Pandemic era. Prove that your “Hero” spirit is still there! Gawe ibuke arek arek Suroboyo, I hope Buk Allah will assist you with sincerity in taking care of all this. Always healthy, Bukk 🙏🙏# Surabaya727#SurabayaWani pic.twitter.com/cG2yH2kSRl

– ꦥꦸꦠꦿꦩꦲꦢꦶꦏꦗ꦳ꦲꦥ꦳ꦫꦤ꧀ (@MahadikaZ) June 3, 2020

Not only netizens, the Surabaya City Government has also made various efforts to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. Moreover, based on the latest data, the number of cases of COVID-19 patients continues to grow.

Come on, suroboyo isok, suroboyo is called the second city of wuhan, ra popo, imitated positively e. Wuhan is the first city to be free to press corona. Suroboyo Yo Isok, Iki Evidence, Come on, Buktikno Grandma Suroboyo occupies a weak city #SurabayaWani pic.twitter.com/eXa95CTJGU

– Figo Arian (@FigoArr) June 4, 2020

The efforts to encourage the netizens were also addressed to the Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismahariani. They asked Risma to remain strong in leading the city of Surabaya, through education to mass rapid tests.

Surabaya recover quickly. Indonesia recover quickly. Back to normal my earth#SurabayaWani pic.twitter.com/FiJJoG5aru

– IG: narcosun (@narkosun) June 3, 2020

The hashtag #SurabayaWani was also used by netizens when the suicide bombing occurred in the city in 2018. At that time they encouraged Surabaya residents not to be afraid of acts of terrorism.

As is well known, Surabaya is included in the area marked as a black zone in the distribution map on the infocovid19.jatimprov.go.id site. The red-black color indicates the condition of one of the worst areas with exposure to COVID-19.

Today, the number of positive cases in Surabaya has reached 2,803, with 3,158 patients under surveillance (PDP) and 3,782 people under surveillance (ODP).

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