Jakarta should also be aware of the spread of BA.4 and BA.5 as the subvariants have been triggering new case surge in many countries.
"Now, Indonesia's positivity rate at 18.59 percent and that is above the standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO), which is five percent," the task force's health support head, Alexander K. Ginting, said
The daily PM2.5 concentration data and the number of positive COVID-19 cases in DKI Jakarta Province from January 1 to February 6, 2022, shows that the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 has no relation to the concentration of PM2.5.
The government is optimistic to successfully handle the latest case surge because its supported with sufficient data and enhanced health facilities.
The public themselves play an equally crucial role to counter misinformation, that spreads particularly faster through social media.
Hospitals must ensure the wellbeing of its workers to prevent burnout and overworking, as the country braces rise in confirmed cases.
Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin also revealed that the majority of hospitalized patients who are in serious condition also havent received complete vaccine doses.
Minister of Health estimates that the peak of COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant will occur at the end of February 2022. "We still don't know how many peaks will occur in Indonesia, which we estimate one will occur at the end of February.
