VIDEO: COVID-19 Cases Rise Again, Health Service Advises 4 Doses Of Vaccination

VIDEO: COVID-19 Cases Rise Again, Health Service Advises 4 Doses Of Vaccination. (VOI graphics Team)

JAKARTA - In 2023, Indonesia has entered the phase of the COVID-19 endemic, but in December COVID-19 cases in Indonesia, especially Jakarta, have increased again, even after two consecutive months there were no cases of death from the virus. Here's the review.

Head of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Ngabila Salama confirmed that 2 positive cases of COVID-19 claimed lives. Two cases of death that occurred involved 81-year-old women with hypertension comorbidities and had received COVID-19 vaccinations up to the third dose and a 91-year-old woman with a comorbid stroke and heart failure and had never received a COVID-19 vaccination.

It was recorded that in the Jakarta area, COVID-19 cases increased four times, namely 271 positive new cases in the last week, namely December 4, December 10, 2023. The Health Office also recorded that there were 3 last deaths due to COVID-19 in September 2023. This means that during October and November there were no more deaths from the virus.

Ngabila also added that although COVID-19 cases increased, conditions in Jakarta remained under control. And the dominant variant found in Jakarta are the EG.4 and EG.5 variants with 14 identified cases each. Vaccination is highly recommended to receive 4 doses, especially for pre-elderly, elderly, people with comorbid hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke, heart and kidney disease, cancer, tuberculosis, HIV, and other immunodeficiencies.

And several hospitals that serve COVID-19 vaccination with ID cards from all over Indonesia are Tarakan Hospital, DKI Jakarta City Hall Clinic and all DKI Jakarta sub-district health centers. Watch the video below.