Java-Bali And Jabodetabek Asked To Increase Booster Vaccination Achievements

Vaccine Illustration/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Jabodetabek agglomeration area is a concern in the extension of the Java-Bali PPKM as of January 25 to 31, 2022. Currently, the daily increase in COVID-19 cases in Jabodetabek dominates.

Director General of Regional Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) Safrizal ZA asked local governments in DKI Jakarta, Bogor City, Bogor Regency, Depok City, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, and South Tangerang City to increase the achievement of the third dose of vaccination. or boosters.

"Considering that some cases occurred in Jabodetabek, local governments are expected to accelerate booster vaccination in districts/cities with high vaccination rates," said Safrizal in his statement, Tuesday, January 25.

Safrizal said all regencies/cities in Java-Bali must pursue a second dose of vaccination for the elderly and the general population reaches 70 percent. Likewise with child vaccination, considering that PTM has been carried out with 100 percent capacity.

"Detection can be improved by epidemiological tests versus screening tests, increasing the ratio of closely tracked contacts, genomic surveillance in areas with potential spikes in cases, and strengthening surveillance at country entrances," said Safrizal.

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan revealed that the increasing number of COVID-19 cases had now again been dominated by local transmission.

As is known, since the Christmas and New Year's 2022 holiday period, the daily cases of COVID-19 were dominated by foreign travellers who came or returned to Indonesia.

"Cases caused by foreign travelers are already under 10 percent of the total national cases. From this it can be concluded that local transmission in Indonesia has dominated more than the previous time," Luhut said at a PPKM evaluation press conference, Monday, 24 January.

In addition, Luhut revealed that the daily cases of COVID-19 over the past week, specifically in Java and Bali, continued to increase. The effective reproduction rate (Rt) of COVID-19 in Java has reached 1 and in Bali it has been more than 1.

The trend of the positivity rate or the percentage of positive cases from the number of specimens examined also increased. Although overall, PCR and antigen, the positivity rate is still below the WHO standard of 5 percent, but the PCR positivity rate has increased to 9 percent. We identify Bali that is still coming from an increase in the Jabodetabek agglomeration area," said Luhut.