We are currently preparing COVID-19 vaccines. We are positive of receiving it in November 2020
Jakarta – Collaborating Maritime Affairs and Financial Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan accentuated the criticality of screening and tracking COVID-19 cases whilst awaiting for the vaccine to get here in November.
” We are currently preparing COVID-19 vaccines. We are positive of getting it in November 2020,” Pandjaitan, simultaneously deputy chair of the Committee on Policy for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery, remarked throughout a virtual coordination conference on targeted screening and tracing of COVID-19 in Jabodetabek (Greater Jakarta) and Bali on Tuesday.
The minister called for a plan as a precautionary measure versus a most likely spike in the number of cases at the end of October. This is since during the long holidays in August, the variety of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta had actually risen dramatically to over 60 percent.
” We need to chalk out a plan as a preventive procedure versus this,” the minister noted in a statement here on Wednesday.
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Consultant to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs for COVID-19 Handling Monica Nirmala, who existed at the coordination conference, affirmed that screening and tracking were deemed important since the transmission of COVID-19 was largely triggered by a handful of infected people, who were referred to as super spreaders. As lots of as 80 percent of the new cases are caused by 20 percent of the contaminated people.
” They are able to transmit the virus roughly 2 days prior to signs establish and approximately 10 days after the symptoms emerge. Owing to this brief infectious period, our action time and speed are very crucial to break the chain of transmission. Time is of essence,” she emphasized.
Jakarta Guv Anies Baswedan pointed to a decline in the percentage of office clusters in Jakarta in the past 14 days after targeted screening and tracing was carried out.
” This testing is carried out complimentary of charge on 8 thousand specimens each day,” he stated.
The sub-district health center is the frontline for testing and tracing. Each puskesmas has 2 elements: a digital tracer entrusted with examining cases and following up on all of their close contacts and second of all, field organizers in each sub-district involving 1,500 ASNs and volunteers.
The Jakarta federal government has provided the Jakarta Terkini (JAKI) application, with over 800 thousand active users there. This application can be used to report offenses in health protocols and tracing COVID-19 clients.
Meanwhile, Bali Governor I Wayan Koster highlighted that conditions in Bali had actually begun showing indications of improvement.
” The number of brand-new cases tends to decline. The number of COVID-19 patients is listed below 100 cases per day. The cure rate has actually increased to 86.37 percent. The death rate can be managed to below 5 percent,” he stated.
West Java, which earlier had 5 demarcated red zones, from October 6 to October 11, 2020, currently has simply three districts and cities.
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