Day: July 10, 2022

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin ensured that the sacrificial animals slaughtered at the Ministry of Health had secured certificates of being free from diseases, including foot and mouth disease (FMD).

“All sacrificial animals slaughtered at the Ministry of Health have a disease-free certificate,” Sadikin said in a written statement received here, Sunday.

During Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijriah, the Ministry of Health became one of the places for slaughtering sacrificial animals from officials, families of officials, and partners of the Ministry of Health. Before being slaughtered, the sacrificial animals have gone through screening to ensure their health.

Seven cows and 12 goats were ready to be slaughtered at the Ministry of Health.

Sadikin expressed gratitude to donors who had given sacrificial animals to be slaughtered at his office.

He expressed the hope that in the future the Ministry of Health can continue to organize congregational Eid al-Adha prayers and slaughter sacrificial animals.

“I hope that in the future there will be more sacrificial animals, I invite the (extended) family of the Ministry of Health to offer a sacrifice here,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Ministry of Health’s Committee for Sacrificial Animals, Imran Agus Nurali, said that the inspection of sacrificial animals at the Ministry of Health involved the Jakarta Food, Maritime, and Agriculture Security Service.

After the slaughter, the Jakarta, Food, Maritime, and Agricultural Security Service also checked the internal organs of the animal to ensure their health.

Previously, the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Task Force reported that 396,655 cattle had been vaccinated as of July 9, 2022.

Based on the report from the Task Force received in Jakarta, no livestock other than cows have received vaccination.

FMD transmission has occurred in 21 provinces and has spread to 223 districts/cities throughout Indonesia. A total of 327,968 livestock animals have been declared sick, with details of the FMD infecting 318,402 cows, 6,243 buffaloes, 1,124 sheep, 2,168 goats, and 31 pigs.

Meanwhile, the number of livestock that have not recovered from the disease was 219,425 and 2,017 of them have died.

Source: Antara News

Domestic travelers using all means of transportation are demanded to have received booster shots following an increase in COVID-19 cases of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants in Indonesia, the government has revealed.

The mandatory conditions are stipulated in the circular letter No.21/2022 the Indonesian Government’s COVID-19 task force recently issued, and will be made effective from July 17, 2022.

According to the circular letter that ANTARA quoted here Sunday, third dose recipients are not necessarily required to show the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or antigen test results at anytime they travel.

Instead, second dose recipients must get PCR or antigen tests while those receiving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine must get PCR tests prior to their departure.

The antigen test results are valid for 24 hours while the PCR test results are valid for 3×24 hours.

For individuals who cannot yet get vaccinated or suffer certain diseases that make them unable to get vaccinated, they must show their PCR test results and statements issued by doctors from public hospitals.

Travelers, aged 6-17, must have received second dose of COVID-19 vaccine but they are not required to show PCR or antigen test results.

For travelers receiving first dose or having yet been vaccinated, they must show their PCR test results and statements issued by doctors from public hospitals.

Travelers, aged below six, are not required to show any proof of COVID-19 vaccination as well as PCR or antigen test results. However, they must be accompanied by adults who have met all COVID-19-related requirements.

The Indonesian Health Ministry recently revealed that some 81 percent of the COVID-19 cases in Indonesia were of the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.

The COVID-19 Task Force recorded that as of July 3, 2022, the total number of confirmed positive cases in Indonesia had increased by 1,614, thereby bringing the total number of cases to 6,093,917.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia reached 16,919.

Source: Antara News