Jakarta. The senior population represent 44 percent of the 356 Covid-19 deaths because Indonesia confirmed its very first case of the highly infectious Omicron variation in mid-December 2021, according to the federal government.
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Financial Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said on Monday that Covid-19 has actually declared 356 lives given that Indonesia identified Omicron. This suggests that 156 of the 356 Covid-related deaths were the elderly.
” A majority of the Covid-19 patients being treated in serious, critical [conditions], and that have actually passed away are the elderly. So I ask the unvaccinated senior citizens to get vaccinated,” Luhut told a press conference on Monday.
According to Luhut, 42 percent of the 356 Covid-related deaths were people with comorbidities. About 69 percent were not totally vaccinated.
Luhut has actually just recently garnered attention for his statement at the Nahdlatul Ulama 96 th anniversary. The 74 year-old minister asked individuals aged 60 years and older to stay home for the next month to avoid more spread of Omicron.
” I suggest for the next 2 weeks to a month, the people aged 60 years and above, to better stay at home for a while,” Luhut said on Saturday.
The exact same goes to those who have actually not gotten both vaccine doses, and people with comorbidities, Luhut included.
Entry Points
On the same day, the government clarified that foreign tourists might still go into Indonesia through Tangerang’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, after announcing over the weekend that only 3 airports would accept foreign traveler arrivals.
The Transportation Ministry on Sunday released a news release on the issuance of a brand-new circular on international travelers on air transportation.
The release wrote that, when the circular is in impact, Indonesian and foreign travelers from abroad might only enter Indonesia through Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport, Batam’s Hang Nadim airport, and Tanjung Pinang’s Raja Haji Fisabilillah.
The federal government revealed on the next day that international travelers would still have the ability to arrive at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, in addition to the stated three airports.
” International tourists can still [enter Indonesia] through the Soekarno-Hatta Airport,” Fitri Indah S., an agent from the air transport directorate basic at the Transportation Ministry, stated on Monday.
According to Fitri, the directorate general is in the procedure of modifying the brand-new circular, while still describing the Covid-19 taskforce circular on health procedures for global travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.
