Deep Condolences For The Death Of The Indonesian Deputy Ambassador To India Due To COVID-19 Becomes An Important Lesson For Us

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Deputy Ambassador to India, Ferdy Nico Yohannes Piay, died after being exposed to COVID-19. Spokesman for the COVID-19 Task Force, Wiku Adisasmito, expressed his condolences.

Wiku said, Ferdy Piay's death was a lesson for the community to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic was not over and had potential fatalities for infected people.

"The death of the Deputy Ambassador of Indonesia in India is a very important lesson for all of us to continue to work hard to prevent the death toll from COVID-19, especially in Indonesia," said Wiku in the Presidential Secretariat's Youtube show, Friday, May 28.

Therefore, Wiku admits that he never gets tired of reminding the public to maintain discipline in carrying out health protocols in every activity as an effort to protect themselves from COVID-19 and those closest to them.

In addition, Wiku also invited all elements of society to continue to increase collaboration in preventing the emergence of COVID-19 cases.

"Only with this close collaboration can we control the COVID-19 pandemic well, so that Indonesia can avoid a spike in cases that can burden the national health system and facilities," he said.

For information, sad news came from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in New Delhi, India, where Deputy Ambassador Ferdy Nico Yohannes Piay died, after being exposed to COVID-19.

This news was conveyed by the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Teuku Faizasyah when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, May 26.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is again in mourning. One of the best sons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdy Nico Yohannes Piay, Chargé d'Affaires Add Interim (KUAI)/DCM of the Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi has passed away due to COVID-19," he wrote in a short message received by VOI.

To note, India is still battling the second wave of COVID-19. Until yesterday, data from the Ministry of Health of India said, the daily infection case reports on Tuesday reached 196,427 cases. India's total has had 26.95 million COVID-19 infections.

Meanwhile, the death toll increased by 3,511 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths since last year's pandemic in India to 307,231.