The government updates data on cases of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 in Indonesia. Today, it was reported that there were 35,094 new cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia.
The data on the addition of Corona cases were conveyed by the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19, Saturday (10/7/2021). The data is updated every day with a cut-off every 12.00 WIB.
With this addition, the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases found in Indonesia from March 2020 to today is 2,491,006 cases. Meanwhile, today's active COVID-19 cases increased to 373,440. In addition, 28,561 patients were declared cured of Corona today. The total number of Corona patients who have been declared cured to date is 2,052,109 people.
The government also stated that 826 Corona patients died today. The number of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia who died was 65,457 people.
Today, 135,378 Corona suspects are being monitored by the government. While the COVID-19 specimens examined by the government today totaled 194,559. The government continues to remind the public to comply with health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. The public is asked to be disciplined in wearing masks, diligently washing hands with soap, and keeping a distance.
The government also asked residents to immediately visit the Corona vaccination site to get an injection of the Corona vaccine. The vaccination process can now be carried out without the requirement of an ID card according to the domicile at the nearest Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) facility. Meanwhile, the government targets the capacity of isolation rooms and intensive care rooms for COVID-19 patients to be increased by 40%. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Communication and Information, Dedy Permadi, said that this applies throughout Java and Bali.
"The government's target is that isolation rooms and intensive care rooms throughout Java and Bali will be increased by 40% from the previous capacity," said Dedy in a virtual press conference, Saturday (10/7/2021).
Dedy emphasized that the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) and the COVID-19 Handling Task Force at BNPB will support the provision of goods or medical equipment needed. Furthermore, Dedy said that the TNI will also build treatment places such as shelters. However, the determination of the location of the shelter must be coordinated with the Ministry of Health so that it does not overlap with that carried out by the Puskesmas. together with the Ministry of Health to avoid overlapping with the efforts that have been made by Puskesmas," he said. "The handling of COVID-19 patients by the TNI will be supported by existing doctors and health workers and additional health workers and doctors who are currently in education," continued Dedy.
Meanwhile, said Dedy, the government also appreciates every member of the TNI-Polri who is always willing to be involved in handling COVID-19. According to him, synergy is needed to help Indonesia get rid of the Coronavirus immediately.
"The government really appreciates the dedication of TNI-Polri personnel who are always ready to jump in, help each other, and work together to save our countrymen," he added.Additional Shield for Frontline Nakes
Health workers (nakes) are one of the decisive guards in efforts to end the pandemic. But now the death rate for health workers is relatively high. The government also decided to give a third vaccination.
The government always protects health workers, both physically and mentally. This is important, especially in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19 transmission in the country.
The readiness of health workers to provide services during a surge in Covid-19 cases can be used as a measure of success in preventing the COV-2 SAR virus attack. Therefore, maintaining the condition of health workers is always excellent, both physically and mentally, is a shared responsibility.
That is why, in her written statement, on Friday (9/7/2021), the Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, reminded the importance of the government creating a protection system for health workers.
"The task of health workers is not only to help recover Covid-19 patients, but also to protect and protect themselves and their families from being infected with the virus. Therefore, we ask the government to create a protection system for health workers, both physically and mentally," he said.
As is known, data collected by the Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI) together with the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) and the Indonesian National Nurses Association (PPNI), shows that since the beginning of the pandemic, namely March 2, 2020, until June 28, 2021, there were 1,031 medical human resources. who died from being infected with the mutant corona virus.
"So, Indonesia has lost thousands of health fighters due to this pandemic. With daily cases that continue to soar, the condition of health workers is increasingly worrying," said Puan.
Not only that, from the report she received, Puan revealed that medical human resources who were exposed to Covid-19 also did not have much time to recover their health. As soon as the test states a negative result, he continued, the medical human resources for Covid-19 survivors are often immediately asked to return to work due to the limited number of medical personnel at the hospital.
That is why, Puan then invited the wider community to be able to continue to appreciate the health workers who are working hard to deal with the pandemic. "Or if you can't appreciate it, at least the community, especially the patient's family, should avoid misunderstandings or counterproductive accusations against health workers, so that it doesn't weaken their mental and physical health," he said
Meanwhile, the Secretary General of PERSI, Lia Gardenia Partakusuma in a meeting with Commission IX of the DPR, Monday (5/7/2021), said that from the total data on medical human resources who died, there were 405 doctors, 43 dentists, 328 nurses, 160 midwives, and 95 medical human resources
Efforts to protect for the front line health workers have certainly become serious thoughts from the Indonesian government, especially when the number of Covid-19 transmission has increased significantly, starting in the last few weeks. Until Friday (9/7/2021), Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto presented the latest information related to efforts to protect medical human resources. The form is a third vaccination program.
The PC-PEN Task Force revealed that the 3rd vaccination program will start next week for 1.47 million medical human resources. "The technical implementation will be regulated by the Ministry of Health," the task force wrote in Airlangga's presentation at the press conference.
The confirmation of the third vaccination only for medical human resources was conveyed by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin. He explained that this was necessary because the national vaccination target had not been achieved so that priority was given to health workers who work at the forefront of handling Covid-19.
style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"It is important for us to understand that this 3rd vaccination is only given to health workers because they are every time they encounter the Covid-19 virus," he said at a press conference, quoted from the Indonesian Economics YouTube, Friday (9/7/2021).
On that occasion, Minister of Health Budi also admitted that he had received a recommendation from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (POM) and the Indonesia Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI), as independent advisors, to implement the third vaccination program. "It has been agreed that the 3rd vaccine will be administered using the Moderna vaccine," he said.
Moderna vaccine itself, according to Minister of Health Budi, will come in July, with 4 million doses gradually.
Vaccine Development
Not only in the realm of policy, the third vaccination is also being a serious discussion in the research world. Research on booster vaccines is also being developed, including by Pfizer and BioNTech.
The company has announced the development of a Covid-19 booster vaccine that they are carrying out intending to disable the Delta variant of the corona virus. The company said it believed the third injection of its two-dose vaccine now had the potential to maintain the "highest level" of protection against the virus