COVID Task Force: Trend Of Positive Cases In The PPLN Category Increases Early January

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, said that there was an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 at the entrances of international arrivals in the period from December 1, 2021 to mid-January 2022, from the category of overseas travelers (PPLN).

"For DKI Jakarta, from December 1, 2021 to January 16, 2022, December was relatively low, between PPLN and non-PPLN. But it started to increase in early January," explained Wiku in a working meeting with Commission IX of the DPR RI in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, January 18th.

According to data from the COVID-19 Task Force for the period December 1, 2021 to January 16, 2022, positive cases from PPLN accounted for 60 percent of the total cases during that period in DKI Jakarta. While the rest are non-PPLN.

A similar trend also occurred in the Riau Islands with the contribution of PPLN for the period December 1, 2021 to January 15, 2022, which was 97 percent and the rest was domestic transmission.

Meanwhile in West Kalimantan, PPLN entering through the Aruk State Border Post (PLBN) contributed 10 percent of cases in the period from December 1, 2021 to January 16, 2022, while in Entikong, PPLN contributed 40 percent. The rest are non-PPLN.

Wiku explained that during that period, the total number of positive PPLN cases that arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport was 3,923 cases, with 567 of them confirmed by the Omicron variant.

While in Aruk and Entikong there were 79 confirmed cases, Batam Port in Riau Islands 729 positive cases and Nunukan Port in North Kalimantan three positive cases during that period.