Spokesperson For Coordinating Minister For Maritime Affairs Affirms That The Government Is Not Deleting Data On COVID-19 Deaths But Is Carrying Out System Repairs

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JAKARTA - The data on deaths due to COVID-19 will be used again as part of the analysis and evaluation of PPKM policies after improvements are made, said the Spokesperson for the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Jodi Mahardi. 19 as material for analysis due to the discrepancy of the data with the real situation in the field.

In a group discussion forum (FGD) event which was held by the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters virtually in Jakarta, Thursday, Jodi also emphasized that the government did not delete COVID-19 death data because what is currently being done is to improve the input system so that information is received. accurate. “We found that there was input data (death, ed.), the accumulated death rate over the past few weeks. Meanwhile, reports of many deaths have been piled up or in installments, resulting in bias or distortion, making it difficult to assess the development of the situation in one area," said Jodi. and Bali, said that the government had dispatched a special team tasked with improving the COVID-19 death data input system in Indonesia. ) such as bed occupancy ratio (level of bed occupancy in hospitals, ed.), confirmation cases, hospital care, tracing, testing (tracking and examination, ed.), and socio-economic conditions of the community," said Jodi.

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia on Monday, August 9 announced that the government will temporarily not use the COVID-19 death rate as a material for analysis and evaluation of PPKM policies. The reason is that the COVID-19 death data contains a number of problems. The policy was later rejected by a number of groups, including experts and politicians. Death data is the main epidemiological indicator in assessing the impact of various diseases in the world, said Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI) Prof Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Wednesday (11/8). Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the MPR RI Syarief Hasan believes that the government should continue to use the mortality rate as a material for analysis and evaluation while increasing data accuracy. This means that mortality data is not used as an indicator in determining the PPKM level," said Syarief Hasan as quoted from his written statement, Wednesday.