The COVID-19 cases and transmission rate in Indonesia are still high.
Jakarta – The Job Force for COVID-19 Action has actually appealed to the public to stay at house throughout the five-day holiday, starting October 28, 2020, to avoid the introduction of brand-new clusters of COVID-19
” The COVID-19 cases and transmission rate in Indonesia are still high. We recommend the public to cancel journeys unless they are immediate,” spokesperson for the Job Force for COVID-19 Reaction, Wiku Adisasmito, stated at an online interview here on Tuesday.
Numerous research studies have actually revealed the connection in between lower movement of people and a decline in the variety of COVID-19 cases and deaths, he stated.
According to one released study (Zhou et al2020), a 20- percent decline in the movement of individuals in a city can lower the curve of COVID-19 cases by approximately 33 percent and hold off the introduction of the peak by 2 weeks, he informed.
Another study (Yilmazkuday, 2020) tracked COVID-19 cases in 130 nations and discovered that if the variety of individuals staying at house rose by 1 percent, the number of new cases decreased by 70 and the variety of deaths dropped by 7 per week, he added.
Research studies have actually found that a 1-percent decline in the variety of individuals utilizing public transportation facilities at bus terminals, train stations, and airports can lower the variety of new cases by 33 and the number of deaths by 4 weekly, he continued.
Adisasmito recalled that the vacation on August 20-23, 2020 had actually raised the curve of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia and generated new clusters of COVID-19 transmission.
” This occurred due to crowds in numerous places visited by the public during the holidays,” he mentioned.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has actually instructed his personnel to take actions to keep COVID-19 cases from increasing during the five-day holiday.
” We have actually experienced this in the past, with a rather high increase (in the variety of COVID-19 cases) after the long vacations a month and a half ago (end of August, 2020),” the head of state noted while chairing a restricted cabinet conference on ‘Anticipation of the Spread of COVID-19 During Long Holiday’ in late October, 2020 here recently.
As of October 18, 2020, Indonesia has shown an enhancement in terms of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage of active COVID-19 cases in Indonesia has actually declined compared to the previous month to reach17
67 percent for COVID-19 patients worldwide.
The government has declared cumulative leave on October 28 and October 30 this year, as October 29 is a national holiday that marks Prophet Muhammad’s SAW anniversary. October 31 is a Saturday, while November 1 falls on a Sunday.
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