Government Publishes Pocket Book Anticipating Omicron

Coordinator of the Expert Team and Government Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Prof Wiku Adisasmito/DOK IST

JAKARTA - Coordinator of the Expert Team and Government Spokesperson for Handling COVID-19 Prof Wiku Adisasmito said the government published a pocket book entitled "Practical Tactics for Anticipating the Third Wave of COVID-19/Omicron".

This pocket book provides information to the public about COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant.

"With the cooperation of four government agencies, namely the Ministry of Health, KPC-PEN, the COVID-19 Task Force and Kominfo, today, February 22, 2022, a COVID-19 pocket book has been released for the public which contains the latest information about COVID-19, especially the Omicron variant, "The flow of handling COVID-19 that the public needs to understand and how to check and prove COVID-19 hoaxes that are spreading in the community," said Wiku, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 22.

The release of this pocket book, according to him, aims to encourage public participation to take appropriate action in anticipating the third wave of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

"The release of this pocket book is based on the government's awareness of the importance of community participation to take appropriate action in anticipating the third wave of COVID-19 in Indonesia," he said.

Wiku hopes that this pocket book can complement the previously circulated pocket books related to COVID-19.

"This pocket book will focus more on handling COVID-19 and complement other pocket books related to COVID-19 prevention that have been released by the Behavior Change Division of the COVID-19 Task Force," he said.

The public can access this pocket book digitally through the official website www.covid19.go.id, all government-owned official social media for handling COVID-19 or through the microsite s.id/infovacsin along with other important information related to COVID-19.