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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s coronavirus case count rose by 8,189 on Monday, taking the total tally to 1,919,547, according to the COVID-19 Handling Task Force.

Jakarta recorded the highest single-day infections at 2,722, followed by West Java (1,532) and Central Java (1,400), it said.

Only West Kalimantan and Gorontalo reported no fresh cases on Monday.

Meanwhile, the number of patients recovering from the infection climbed by 6,143 to reach 1,751,234, with West Java recording the highest single-day recoveries at 1,753.

With 237 people succumbing to the virus, the death toll increased to 53,116. Central Java reported the highest number of daily fatalities at 55, the task force said.

The number of active patients conducting self-isolation and undergoing treatment at hospitals rose by 1,809 to touch 115,197, it added.

Meanwhile, the total number of people suspected of contracting SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, reached 117,747. The figure was based on the results of tests conducted at hundreds of laboratories across Indonesia on 69,314 specimens obtained from 52,713 people.

According to the task force, the daily positivity rate is currently 22.45 percent for specimens and 15.54 percent for people.

Indonesia reported its first coronavirus infections in March, 2020. (INE)

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta provincial government has prepared 2,500 beds at the Nagrak low-cost apartments in Cilincing neighborhood of North Jakarta for COVID-19 patients.

The Nagrak apartments will only be used if the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran emergency hospital continues to receive new COVID-19 patients, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan informed on Monday.

At the moment, the Jakarta provincial administration is prioritizing the Wisma Atlet emergency hospital for receiving COVID-19 patients, he said.

“If the Nagrak apartments with more than 2,500 beds. At the moment, the COVID-19 patients remain concentrated at Wisma Atlet,” he informed.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of his visit to Jakarta’s Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) office, Baswedan urged Jakartans not to undermine the recent increase in COVID-19 cases.

He said he had contracted the infection earlier and had experienced discomfort when his condition worsened.

“Therefore, I appeal to all elements in society at large to keep raising their awareness about the fact that we all remain in the COVID-19 pandemic situation,” he urged.

Baswedan had earlier attributed the recent spike in coronavirus infections in the capital city to the Eid al-Fitr holidays.

“A new spike (in COVID-19 cases) has been felt recently, but it has occurred not only in Jakarta, but also in the rest of Indonesia,” he noted on Sunday evening.

The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 17,400 on June 11, 2021 from 11,500 on June 6, 2021 — reflecting a 50 percent increase in infections, he said.

The COVID-19 positivity rate also increased to 17 percent on Sunday from 9 percent a week earlier.

“The number of new cases increased in each of the past four days by 2,000, 2,300, 2,400, and 2,700 today,” he remarked.

The number of specimens tested at laboratories also rose eight-fold, as against the WHO prescribed four-fold increase.

Coronavirus infections initially surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019 and thereafter spread across the world, including to countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Indonesia announced its first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020.

Since then, the central and regional governments have worked incessantly to flatten the coronavirus curve through the imposition of health protocols and social restrictions.

To contain the transmission of COVID-19, which has shrunk the purchasing power of Indonesian families, the government banned homebound travel, or “mudik,” before the Eid al-Fitr holiday season last year and this year, too.

However, COVID-19 cases in Indonesia could peak by mid-June on account of this year’s Eid al-Fitr festivities, according to Vice Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono. Currently, Indonesia’s total COVID-19 case count exceeds 1.9 million.

As part of efforts to tackle the pandemic, which has severely eroded public health and the economy, the Indonesian government launched a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021 to contain infections.

Overall, the Health Ministry is targeting to vaccinate 181.5 million people to build herd immunity against the virus, a task projected to take about 15 months.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, popularly called JK, stated that 90 percent of the convalescent plasma obtained from blood of COVID-19 survivors was effective in curing SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, particularly in East Java.

“Convalescent plasma is a long-standing discovery that plasma from a recovered COVID-19 survivor can be donated to a person sick with COVID-19, and this has healed (the disease),” Kalla stated during a National Webinar to observe 2021 World Blood Donation Day, accessed by ANTARA from Jakarta, Monday.

Kalla, who also held the positions of Indonesia’s 10th and 12th Vice President, affirmed that clinical data on plasma therapy administration to COVID-19 patients in East Java, based on a report of the Indonesian Medical Council Chairman, Putu Moda, was found to be 90-percent effective in curing sufferers.

The vice president then invited all COVID-19 patients, who had recovered, to donate their plasma to other people that had contracted the virus through 250 Indonesian Red Cross offices operational round the clock.

Kalla deems it crucial for the community to come together and create a system in which those in need of blood donations can acquire some from those who have donated, adding that the benefit not only applies to recipients but also to the physical health of the donor.

“Thank you for your participation, the Ministry of Health, the National Agency for Disaster Management, and all organizations that have helped to ensure that blood donation for humanity continues,” he affirmed.

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Manokwari, W Papua (ANTARA) – Some 19 other West Papua residents tested positive, Sunday, for COVID-19, thereby pushing up the province’s total tally of positive cases to 9,464 since the government declared Indonesia’s first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020.

Those new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Sorong City and the districts of Fakfak, Sorong, and Manokwari, spokesperson of the West Papua COVID-19 Task Force, Arnold Tiniap, noted in a statement that ANTARA quoted here on Monday.

The largest number of COVID-19 cases in West Papua arose in Manokwari District and Sorong City, with 3,556 and 3,265 cases respectively, according to Tiniap.

“Despite their relatively high infection rates, the recovery rates of Manokwari and Sorong are also high enough,” he remarked, adding that 9,204 of the 9,464 COVID-19 patients in West Papua had fully recovered from the novel coronavirus disease.

Meanwhile, 175 patients had succumbed to the deadly virus. In a bid to stem the infection rate, the local people’s active participation in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation efforts is deemed highly indispensable, he remarked.

“We are optimistic of them playing an active role in reducing the tally of positive cases by consistently implementing the government’s mandated health protocols,” Tiniap emphasized. Coronavirus infections initially surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019 and thereafter spread across the world, including to countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Indonesia announced its first confirmed cases on March 2, 2020.

Since then, the central and regional governments have worked incessantly to flatten the coronavirus curve through the imposition of health protocols and social restrictions.

To contain the transmission of COVID-19, which has shrunk the purchasing power of Indonesian families, the government also placed a ban on homebound travel, or “mudik,” before the Eid al-Fitr holiday season for two successive years.

However, on account of the recent Eid al-Fitr festivities, COVID-19 cases in Indonesia could peak by mid-June this year, according to Vice Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono’s projection.

Currently, Indonesia’s total COVID-19 case count has surpassed 1.9 million.

As part of the efforts to tackle the pandemic, which has acutely impacted public health and the economy, the Indonesian government unveiled a nationwide vaccination program on January 13, 2021, to contain infections.

The Indonesian Health Ministry is targeting to vaccinate 181.5 million people to build herd immunity against the virus, a task projected to take about 15 months. (INE)

Source: Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed strong belief that the pace of COVID-19 vaccination would ascertain the success in handling the pandemic.

Regions, such as Jakarta, with a high population, public mobility, and interaction, will need vaccination to be conducted at a fast pace, Jokowi remarked during his visit to the Tanah Tinggi apartment in Central Jakarta on Monday to observe the COVID-19 vaccination.

Jokowi has outlined a daily target of 100 thousand COVID-19 jabs in Jakarta and inoculation of 7.5 million residents by the end of August.

“Public interaction in Jakarta is high and so is the public mobility. Hence, the pace of vaccination is the key,” he remarked.

Jokowi urged all stakeholders in the capital city to work jointly to achieve the target.

“This is an ambitious target, but we have to achieve it to build herd immunity,” he stressed.

The president highlighted the need to accord priority in the COVID-19 vaccination program to apartments is a densely populated area.

“You can imagine if one resident is infected, then it can spread very fast,” he stated.

Source: Antara News