Ministry Of Health: 47 New Variant Cases Of COVID-19 Come From Overseas

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said 47 of the total 145 cases of the new SARS-CoV-2 variant that causes COVID-19 found in Indonesia came from abroad. "47 imported cases and 98 local cases," he said. via a short message to Antara in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 16. He said that as of Sunday, June 13, out of a total of 1,989 sequences examined, 145 Vatiant of Concern (VoC) sequences were detected which are believed to be more virulent and spread more rapidly, causing aggravation of the patient's current condition. fell ill. A total of 36 cases were detected in Indonesia as B117 (Alfa), five cases B1351 (Beta), and 104 cases B1617.2 (Delta). Currently, these cases are spreading in a number of areas in Indonesia. The highest number of cases were in Brebes, Cilacap, and Kudus, Central Java Province, which consisted of 75 cases of the Delta variant and one case of the Alfa variant. In addition to Central Java, said Siti Nadia, DKI Jakarta also dominated the number of cases, each with 24 Alfa variants. cases, Beta four cases, and Delta 20 cases.

Separately, the Director of Infectious Diseases of WHO Southeast Asia for the 2018-2020 period, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, said the Delta variant has the characteristics of rapid transmission. only one week. A very big increase," he said. The Professor of Lung at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, said the latest UK data shows that more than 90 percent of the new COVID-19 cases in the country are currently the Delta variant which replaces the Alfa variant which all dominant in England. "If this pattern will also occur in our country then of course the burden will be heavy," he said. He said the Delta variant in England was 60 percent more contagious than Alfa. "The doubling time ranged from 4.5 to 11 ,5 days. It would be good if there was also data on how much of a multiplication of the Delta variant that is now in our country, including of course reports The last n of this Kudus," he said.