Local Transmission Omicron Cases Have Spread To 20 Regions, Jakarta Is The Most

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health noted that there were 369 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant with local transmission in Indonesia as of January 24.

"Currently, local transmission Omicron cases have spread to 20 regencies/cities. The most Omicron cases are found in DKI Jakarta," said Director of Prevention and Control of Directly Infectious Diseases (P2PML) of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi to VOI, Wednesday, January 26.

In detail, there are 17 regencies/cities on the island of Java that have recorded cases of local transmission of Omicron, starting from DKI Jakarta with 319 cases, South Tangerang City 8 cases, Tangerang City 5 cases. Semarang City 6 cases, Cilacap Regency 1 case, Pekalongan Regency 1 case, Sukoharjo Regency 1 case.

Then, Surabaya City 6 cases, Malang Regency 1 case, Malang City 1 case, Madiun Regency 1 case, Bandung Regency, West Java 5 cases, Bandung City 5 cases, Karawang Regency 3 cases, West Bandung Regency 1 case, Depok City 1 case , Bogor Regency 1 case.

Then, 3 other areas are outside Java, namely Takalar Regency with 1 case of Omicron local transmission, Mataram City with 1 case, and Sumbawa Regency with 1 case.

In addition to local transmissions, Nadia said as many as 1,019 other Omicron cases were foreign travelers (PPLN) who came to Indonesia. Then, there are 238 other Omicron cases that are still under epidemiological investigation.

Previously, the Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the cases of COVID-19 of the Omicron variant would increase faster than the Delta variant in the rest of the world. in hospitals. "All over the world, cases of Omicron will rise rapidly and high. In fact, more than Delta cases but the good thing is that the decline is also fast and hospitalizations are low," Budi said on Monday, January 24.

Considering the increasing number of confirmed cases of Omicron, Budi said that not all cases will undergo a whole genome sequencing (WGS) examination. Genome sequencing will be more directed to analyze the pattern of distribution of Omicron cases.

"We will use PCR which is much faster, PCR with SGTF (S-Gene Target Failure) which can detect Omicron, we have distributed and we will add it soon to be distributed to regions," he explained.