Covid-19 Transmission in Indonesia at the WHO Standards Lowest Level
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VIVA – Covid-19 in Indonesia is known to be starting to fade. The spokesperson of the Health Ministry, M. Syahril said that Covid transmission in Indonesia is currently at level one or the lowest based on the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. This achievement is based on the indicator of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia which is at 1.54 per 100 thousand population per week.
Syahril mentioned that the WHO standard includes three indicators, including positive cases, hospitalization, and death cases. In Indonesia, positive confirmation is below 20 cases per 100,000 population per week. For hospitalization, the figure is below five cases per 100 thousand population per week. Finally, death is below one case per 100,000 population per week.
"Based on this data, Indonesia's WHO standard community transmission is at the lowest level or level one," Syahril said in a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
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Transmission in Indonesia, said Syahril, is dominated by the XBB and BQ.1 variant. Although other variants are still detected such as BA.4 and BA.5, the cases are very few, "The variants that exist in the latest records in Indonesia are XBB & BQ.1 variant," he added.
Especially when PPKM was eliminated on January 9, 2023, the graph of confirmed cases decreased considerably. Likewise, death cases were recorded below 15 cases, accompanied by a positivity rate of 0.88 percent. Thus, the sloping movement of the graph makes it still included in the WHO standard.
As for the use of beds in hospitals, January 9-23 was below five percent. All of these are below the standard figures set by WHO," said Syahril.
Even so, the Ministry of Health emphasizes that the second booster vaccination or the fourth dose must be given to the general public. One of the considerations of the Ministry of Health is to increase the antibody or immunity to extend the protection period.
"To control the spread of COVID-19 and prevent a spike in cases, it is important to encourage the public to continue vaccinating primary doses and advanced doses, boosters including the second booster," he explained.
