The federal government has actually declared that nearly 60 percent of the country is either at low risk of COVID-19 infection or has absolutely no cases.
According to the chief of the national COVID-19 job force expert staff, Wiku Adisasmito, 188 regions in Indonesia are classified as yellow zones (locations where there is a low danger of infection), while 112 are green zones (areas where there are zero validated cases).
He explained that the portion of areas included in yellow or green zones had actually been consistently increasing, from 46.7 percent to 58.3 percent in between May 31 and June 21, though the number decreased once to 44.3 percent on June 7.
” Some organisations [in those regions] have actually reopened,” Wiku said in a virtual press briefing from the State Palace on Wednesday.
He claimed that Indonesia’s economic and public health situation was otherwise “not actually even worse” compared to other nations thanks to the policies implemented by the government.
In the last 3 months, there was a boost in the number of medical facilities that handed over reports of COVID-19 cases to the nationwide task force, from 250 in the early days of the break out to 1,687 thus far.
” Hospital availability has actually likewise increased, from 132 referral hospitals [three months ago] to 800 recommendation healthcare facilities in all 34 provinces,” Wiku said.
The nation increased its rate of screening in between Might and June, when 220 labs tested nearly 20,000 samples a day. At the beginning of the break out, there was just one laboratory testing less than 1,000 samples daily.
Wiku further claimed that some regions had managed to include the infection. Since Sunday, 38 cities or regencies in 19 provinces had actually taped no cases of COVID-19 in the last four weeks.
However, 57 cities or regencies are categorized as red zones (high-risk locations), while 157 areas are orange zones (medium-risk). The number of red zones increased from 51 to 57 in between June 14 and 21.
” The regional administrations are the essential actors of reporting and reducing COVID-19 in their jurisdictions,” said Dewi Nur Aisyah, an epidemiologist on the nationwide task force’s team of specialists.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he appreciated regional leaders and regional task forces that handled to include the infection.
” With an incorporated details system, we can present policies that are based on information and science,” he said.
