Day: July 23, 2021

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Self-isolation sites prepared across villages nationwide can accommodate up to 45,710 COVID-19 patients, Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Abdul Halim Iskandar, has said.

“The isolation points have been prepared in 20,844 villages nationwide and are equipped with 45,710 beds,” he said here on Friday.

As of July 19, 2021, as many as 396,289 village residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, with 24,768 villagers admitted at village isolation points, he added.

“Earlier, during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we consolidated villages nationwide to prepare isolation points for each village. The isolation points were prepared to allow villagers infected with COVID-19 to self-isolate at the provided location, if they could not self-isolate at their homes,” the minister said.

Villages have utilized several locations to set up makeshift isolation points such as village halls, village-owned enterprise buildings, school buildings emptied due to the current implementation of the distance learning system, and vacated homes, he elaborated.

He also said the daily operation of each isolation point will be supervised by local healthcare centers (Puskesmas) and volunteers groups, which have been formed in each village.

“Village volunteer groups have been authorized to manage isolation points at their respective villages. As of today, the total number of volunteers is 1,117,066,” Iskandar said.

Each village volunteers group is headed by the village head and deputized by the Village Consultative Body (BPD) chairperson, he informed.

The main duty of the village volunteer groups is dealing with COVID-19 cases in the villages, including operating village isolation points, he added.

The volunteer groups are also collaborating with village leaders as well as religious and traditional leaders for performing their activities, the minister said.

Village volunteer groups’ daily activities are also being supported by the village-affiliated police and military officers, and local ministry’s representatives, he added.

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The decline in COVID-19 cases recorded in Jakarta has been the result of emergency mobility restrictions (PPKM), rather than lower testing, Deputy Governor of Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, has said.

“The number of cases dropped due to the PPKM. Not because there are fewer tests being carried out; in fact, the testing rate in Jakarta is very high,” he said at the City Hall in Jakarta on Friday.

He further said that 207,339 specimens were examined in the Indonesian capital in the last week, a number that is 20 times higher than the standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

“This means that our efforts, through the implementation of PPKM, have yielded results. For that reason, we appeal to the people to continue to maintain and strengthen the implementation of health protocols,” he added.

He then asked people to stay at home and remain disciplined in implementing the health protocols, which include washing hands, avoiding crowds, keeping mobility to a minimum, and wearing masks. Meanwhile, the government, he said, is carrying out testing, tracing, and treatment measures, also known as the 3Ts.

According to data provided by the provincial government on the corona.jakarta.go.id webpage, active cases in Jakarta have continued to fall in the last few days.

On July 20, 2021, the number of active COVID-19 cases, or people undergoing treatment or self-isolation, fell by 6,123.

On July 21, the number dipped further by 4,736, and on July 22, active cases decreased by 3,739.

Jakarta also recorded a higher number of recoveries over the last few days. The highest single-day recoveries were seen on July 20, 2021 at 12,071.

On July 21 and 22, the number of recoveries continued to increase by 10,558 and 10,624 cases, respectively.

As per data recorded as of 10 p.m. on July 22, 2021, active cases in Jakarta have reached 86,198 and accumulated positive cases 673,424.

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia reported 1,566 COVID-19-related deaths on Friday, bringing the total death toll recorded in the country so far to 80,598, according to data from the Task Force for COVID-19 Handling.

The nation also added 49,071 daily cases and 38,988 recoveries. Since the start of the pandemic in Indonesia in March, 2020, the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country has reached 3,082,410, while total recoveries have been recorded at 2,431,911.

On Friday, the number of active cases increased by 8,517, bringing the total to 569,901, while the number of suspected cases reached 267,866.

West Java province contributed the highest number of fresh cases at 8,925, followed by Jakarta (8,033), East Java (6,912), Central Java (4,498), Banten (2,626), and North Sumatra (1,521).

Meanwhile, the highest number of recoveries were reported in DKI Jakarta (14,442), followed by West Java (6,875), Central Java (4,095), East Java (4,085), and DI Yogyakarta (976).

Cumulatively, Jakarta recorded the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 778,520, followed by West Java (556,180), Central Java (343,350), East Java (266,641), East Kalimantan (103,062), Yogyakarta (101,005), Banten (100,611), and Riau (85,860).

Cumulative data also shows that Jakarta saw the highest number of recoveries at 687,838, followed by West Java (419,513), Central Java (267,668), East Java (194,460), East Kalimantan (81,861), Riau (75,029), and Yogyakarta (67,961).

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Cyber gender-based violence (KBGS) increased by 920 percent amid the pandemic compared to 2019, Commissioner of the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Maria Ulfah Anshor stated.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase was 920 percent, or an increase of 329 cases compared to the previous year, before the pandemic (2019), which was 35 cases,” Ulfah Anshor said, when contacted by ANTARA from Jakarta on Thursday.

She attributed the significant increase in cases of sexual violence in cyberspace amid the pandemic to the shift in people’s activities to online platforms, such as for online learning and online work.

These changes affected the flow of information received by various groups, especially minors, who began to become addicted to technology and the internet, she said.

“The influence of information and technology has promoted changes in the forms and patterns of gender-based violence,” she stated.

Based on reports received by Komnas Perempuan, sexual violence in cyberspace involved harassment, human trafficking, hacking, pornography services, threats of distribution of personal photos and videos for revenge (revenge porn), insults and defamation through cyber, identity fraud, and stalking, she said. “In addition, there are some perpetrators who use technology to download and edit the victim’s original image without their consent. This also happens often,” she added.

The perpetrators of cyber-based sexual crimes approached victims through social media, she said. One of their goals was to recruit victims for human-trafficking networks, she stated.

Therefore, Komnas Perempuan and civil society networks are pushing for the protection of KBGS victims through the draft Sexual Violence Eradication Bill (RUU PKS), which has been submitted to the House of Representatives, Anshor said.

“In the bill that we have proposed, there are six key elements that are oriented to the interests of victims,” she said.

The six key elements are prevention, handling, recovery, criminal proceedings, criminal provisions, and monitoring, she noted.

Komnas Perempuan has also included nine types of sexual violence in the draft, she said.

Source: Antara News