Wave Three Of COVID-19 Predicted In December, DPR: Need For Infrastructure Preparedness To Accelerate Vaccination

JAKARTA - The trend of daily cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia has decreased. However, it is predicted that the third wave of Corona will occur at the end of December. The House of Representatives Commission IX also reminded the government to prepare for the third wave of COVID-19. One of them, by accelerating the rate of national vaccination. Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the House of Representatives, Nihayatul Wafiroh, said that currently vaccination has begun to spread throughout Indonesia. However, he said, there are several types of vaccines that are difficult to distribute outside Java. Therefore, according to him, regional readiness is needed in terms of infrastructure fulfillment to support the acceleration of equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Indonesia. “Such as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Because the distribution process must be at a temperature of minus 50 (degrees, red), if it is brought to several areas it will only last a few weeks. That's a challenge for us, infrastructure in distribution," Nihayatul told reporters, Monday, September 20.

Ninik, as he is known, assesses that the pandemic that has hit Indonesia for almost two years is also a momentum for the government to review the condition of health support facilities in the country. "Be it health workers, medical equipment to vaccinations so that in the future it can run well," he said.