Minister Of Health: 3 People Died Of Omicron, One Of Them Haven't Received Vaccines

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Health reported that the number of cases of death due to the Omicron variant in Indonesia as of Wednesday, January 26, totaled three people, all of whom were in the elderly (elderly) group.

"Of the three who died, one has not received the COVID-19 vaccine," said Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 27.

Based on the Ministry of Health's report, the three Omicron patients who were declared dead were M (64) at the Sari Asih Hospital in Ciputat on January 12, 2022.

The patient died with severe symptoms and comorbidities of heart failure and acute kidney failure and had not received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Another deceased patient with the initials MS (54) at RSPI Sulianti Saroso, Jakarta on January 22, 2022. The patient is listed as an overseas traveler from the Netherlands who has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

MS died with severe symptoms and was accompanied by comorbid obesity and hypertension.

The third patient who was also reported to have died had the initials KS (74) who was neither a foreign traveler nor an Indonesian migrant worker.

KS died at the Harapan Kita Hospital, Jakarta on January 20, 2022, despite having received the third dose of immune booster vaccine. KS is known to suffer from cardiac comorbidities.

The Minister of Health said that as of Wednesday, January 26, the number of Omicron patients being treated in all hospitals in Indonesia reached 7,688 out of a total availability of 80,000 isolation beds.

"Omicron has entered Indonesia and local transmission has also occurred. Likewise with other countries, we have to face this Omicron," he said.

According to Budi, the main difference of the Omicron variant compared to other variants is that the transmission rate is faster and more numerous. "The characteristics of Omicron are that the transmission is fast and abundant. So later we will see in a short time, the increase in the number of cases is quite high," he said.

The second characteristic of the Omicron variant, said Budi, is that the hospital occupancy rate is lower, and the severity is also lower.

"So more people who are Omicron are being treated at home or isoman," he said.