Jakarta – An epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono asked the federal government to evaluate the implementation of community activity restriction (PPKM) in the middle of the increasing number of Omicron cases.
” Federal government should re-evaluate the PPKM leveling. The social constraints must be altered or raised,” Wahyono said here on Sunday.
He later on described that the death case due to the Omicron variation is an alarm for the government to take mitigation actions to lower community activities.
In addition, he likewise suggested the government to tighten entrances in the border and re-implement the quarantine rules for 14 days.
Wahyono considered that the 10- day quarantine period for worldwide travelers was inefficient, thinking about that the Omicron variation lasts 14 days in a person’s body.
Education and socialization regarding health protocols should likewise be revived in the neighborhood.
” People have started to ignore the execution of health procedures. The project must be reactivated,” he advised.
Wahyono likewise asked the federal government to increase surveillance through screening and tracking in every location.
For that reason, the accessibility of test equipment that effectively discovers the Omicron variation must be readily available in every province, he continued.
Called independently, an epidemiologist from Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra Defriman Djafri said that the execution of PPKM currently needs monitoring and assessment.
” PPKM is still efficient till today, even though we need to perform guidance and examination in the field,” he said.
Formerly, the Ministry of Health reported that two COVID-19 patients confirmed by Omicron had actually died.
These two cases are the initially reported casualties in Indonesia due to a brand-new variant that has a high transmission rate.
” One case was a local transmission who died at the Sari Asih Health Center in Ciputat and the other was a foreign traveler, who died at the Sulianti Saroso Hospital,” Director of Contagious Illness Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health Siti Nadia Tarmizi notified.
From the very first case of the Omicron version on December 15 in Indonesia, a cumulative 1,161 confirmed cases of Omicron have been found in Indonesia.
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