COVID-19 Cases In Indonesia Exceeds 1 Million, Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi: People Should Be Aware!

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Health)

JAKARTA - Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that the public should start to contemplate after the total COVID-19 cases in Indonesia exceeded 1 million.

He conveyed this after holding a limited meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and asscociated ministers at the State Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, January 26.

"This rate should make us think about it," Budi said in a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account, Tuesday, January 26.

Apart from thinking about it, this rate should make people grieve because they feel the loss of their closest people to the loss of hundreds of health workers who are struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This is a time for us to mourn because there are many of our relatives who have died and more than 600 health workers who have died in the presence of this pandemic," he said.

Apart from feeling lost, the public must start to realize and continue to work together in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"So that the sacrifices that have been made by our colleagues, especially health workers, are not in vain," he said.

By the hard work it means to reduce the rate of increasing cases in the country or to lower the curve. Because, this needs to be done to prevent health facilities from being overloaded when dealing with the spread of COVID-19.

"So that we have more time to respond to this virus and gradually continue to reduce transmission until God willing, one day we can completely eliminate or eradicate this virus," he said.

Previously reported, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) released the latest additional positive cases of COVID-19 today. A total of 75,194 specimens were examined today. As a result, there were 13,094 new positive cases of COVID-19.

"The total accumulation of positive cases since COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia has reached 1,012,350 people," quoted the Ministry of Health, Tuesday, January 26.

Today's cases of recovery increased by 10,868 cases, so that a total of 820,356 people recovered. Then, the positive confirmed cases who died increased by 336 people with the total of 28,468 people.

The first COVID-19 cases were detected in the country on March 2, 2020. At that time, two people were confirmed to have contracted this virus from a Japanese national during an event. Furthermore, this pandemic has spread throughout Indonesia with DKI Jakarta as the province with the largest number.