These Are The Five Countries That Have The Most Active Cases Of COVID-19, Which Also Have An Impact On Indonesia

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Task Force for Handling COVID-19, Wiku Adisasmito, explained that five countries currently have the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the world.

Based on global data and analysis compiled by WHO, the country with the most active cases is the United States with 6.812.645 and a total of 31.708.445 cases.

Second, India with 2.882.513 active cases and a total of 17.313.163 cases. Third, Brazil with 1.099.201 active cases and 14.308.215 total cases. Fourth, France with 995.421 active cases and 5.390.187 total cases. Fifth, Turkey with 506.899 cases and 4.629.969 total cases.

"The classification of the United States, Brazil, France, and Turkey is a type of transmission of major transmission in the community. Meanwhile, India is the type of transmission for the emergence of case clusters", Wiku said in a YouTube broadcast of the Presidential Secretariat, Tuesday, April 27.

Then, are there impacts on Indonesia? The answer is, there are. Wiku explained, currently, Indonesia is faced with new challenges related to handling COVID-19.

On the one hand, globalization makes countries related to one another. As a result, virus transmission does not recognize the territorial borders of the country. Including Indonesia, with the emergence of a new variant of the B117 case from perpetrators of foreign travel and local transmission.

"As proof, we can see several mutations of the COVID-19 virus found in other countries, which are currently also being found in Indonesia. It is undeniable that with the increase in the number of global cases, the potential for case transmission between countries also increases", said Wiku.

On the other hand, threats also arise from within our own country, namely along with our entry into the period of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. This celebration is closely related to the tradition of homecoming or traveling which has the potential to increase transmission between regions.

This certainly makes Indonesia more vigilant. "With the emergence of this new challenge, the Indonesian government is committed to limiting national and international mobility that will enter Indonesia to prevent the importation of cases between countries and regions", he concluded.