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.
Bali's opening was aimed at reaccelerating the Bali economy, which was already affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bali is open only for non-migrant workers foreign travelers (PPLN). "We will do the opening in stages and gradual."
Since the first five Omicron patients were announced on December 16, 2021, until January-end 2022, cases of the new COVID-19 variant in Indonesia have continually risen after briefly dipping post the second wave in June-July 2021.
Batam found eight cases. Seven of them are treated in Batam.
"I want people all over the world to be healthy. That way, I can retire. I can stop developing vaccines," he said.
The last death case was recorded on November 23, 2021, bringing the total to 842 people. And until Friday, January 28, 2022, there were no additional new deaths.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Indonesia's economy to grow 3.3 percent in 2021, a slight increase from the 3.2-percent projection in October.
The five medical professional associations recommended students and parents to be given the option to continue with remote learning.
The potential for the third wave is very clear. Talking about the potential, then talk about community groups or populations that do not yet have immunity or even though they already have immunity, their immunity decreases
"One case was a local transmission who passed away at Sari Asih Ciputat Hospital while the other one was an international traveler who died at Sulianti Saroso Hospital," the ministry's spokesperson, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, informed.
Half of all patients have completed their isolation period.
Nevertheless, most of the Omicron patients are expected to experience mild symptoms, so the government has prepared a different strategy from the one used for handling Delta cases.
Ministry of Health estimates hospitalization to be lower as symptoms have been found to be considerably mild.
The recent capacity is not in accordance to the World Health Organizations (WHO) standard.
As of January 9, 2022, the total number of COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment and isolation in the capital had reached 1,885. Of the total patients, 1,415, or 75.1 percent, had traveled overseas, and the remaining 470 had no travel history.
The majority of the Omicron cases came from international travelers.
officers detected a variant of COVID-19, Omicron, at hotels in the Menteng and Cempaka Putih areas which were used as quarantine places for foreign travelers (PPLN).
"Based on Our World in Data, as of January 4, 2022, Indonesia has injected 281,574,183 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This has brought Indonesia to rank as one of the five countries with the highest vaccination coverage in the world"
Total 14 countries are on the list of the temporary ban. Indonesian citizens who travel from those 14 countries still allowed to enter by following strict health protocols.
the head of the National COVID-19 Handling Task Force, inspected three hotels around 8 p.m. local time on January 4, 2022: the Arya Duta and Grand Mercure Hotel in Central Jakarta, and Holiday Inn Matraman in East Jakarta.
