Government: We Must Be Prepared In December For The Spike In COVID-19 Cases

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JAKARTA - The government has stated that it is preparing to face a surge in COVID-19 cases for December 2021, where there are two holidays, namely Christmas and New Year. "We must prepare in December for Christmas and New Year. Yesterday caused a spike in cases, and must We anticipate," said the Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Siti Nadia Tarmizi in the webinar "COVID-19 Vaccination Now and Later" which was monitored in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, September 8. Nadia said from the diagram she presented, the total confirmed cases The latest positive for COVID-19 is 4.1 million people. However, the increasing number of cases began to decline in line with the implementation of the Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM).

Looking back in July, he said, COVID-19 cases increased 6-8 times from the previous months. Therefore, he said, the government is currently trying to anticipate that in December there will not be a wave of COVID-19 like last July. Moreover, the Mu-type COVID-19 mutation was recently discovered. "The high possibility of cases could be the same as in July, or an increase due to a new virus mutation," he said. Therefore, the government has expanded the scope of COVID-19 vaccination by adding targets for teenagers aged 12-24. 17 years as many as 26 million people. The total vaccination target was originally 181.5 million to 208 million people. In order to achieve herd immunity, vaccination coverage is at least 70 percent of Indonesia's population, or around 188.5 million, according to Siti Nadia Tarmizi.