Regarding The Delta Variant COVID-19 Mutation, Airlangga's Subordinates Admit That It Is Beyond The Government's Calculations

JAKARTA - The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has continued to increase in recent times. The Special Staff of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Raden Pardede, stated that this condition was partly due to the emergence of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, namely corona delta.

For your information, the delta variant COVID-19 or B.1.671.2 is a COVID-19 disease caused by a mutated corona virus. The emergence of a new coronavirus variant It was first reported in India in December 2020.

This variant has been found in more than 74 countries, including Indonesia. The mutation of this new virus from India was unpredictable by the previous government.

"This is a new viral mutation that we didn't take into account at all before," he said in an Indef webinar, Wednesday, July 7.

Raden said the transmission process of the delta corona virus was much faster than other corona variants, such as variants from Wuhan, China and alpha fluid. In fact, in conditions without health protocols, one case of the Wuhan variant of the corona virus could transmit the outbreak to 729 people.

Meanwhile, said Raden, the spread was more common for the alpha corona variant. One case for this variant could spread the outbreak to 15,625 people. While one case of the delta corona virus can spread transmission to 117,649 people.

"It is said that this new delta variant is now very dominant," he said.

Raden explained, the government continues to monitor the surge in COVID-19 cases. The addition of daily COVID-19 cases broke another record on July 5, reaching 29,745 people since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020.

According to Raden, apart from the emergence of the delta variant, the high number of COVID-19 spreads in Indonesia was due to a combination of long holidays from May to early June. Where, the Eid 1442 Hijri holiday and the ascension of Jesus Christ coincided.

Meanwhile, said Raden, in the near future there will also be a Pancasila Day holiday on June 1. This encourages people to take long holidays. Then, simultaneously there is the arrival of a significant number of migrant workers and the influx of foreign tourists or foreign tourists from India.

"So the entry (delta variant virus), whether through migrant workers or those who came from Saudi or the Middle East, there were also Indian tourists who came to Indonesia at that time," he said.

For your information, the surge in COVID-19 cases that occurred in the country made the government again restrict people's mobility with the implementation of the Java-Bali Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) from 3 to 20 July 2021.