Ministry Of Health: Indonesia's COVID-19 Response Is One Of The Best In The World Based On Data From John Hopskins University

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JAKARTA - The effort to overcome COVID-19 in Indonesia is appreciated as one of the best in the world for reducing the number of cases to minus 58 percent in two weeks, said an official from the Indonesian Ministry of Health. The data that was last updated on September 12 stated that the handling of COVID-19 in Indonesia is appreciated as one of the best in the world," said Spokesperson for the COVID-19 Vaccination of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi when delivering the PPKM Press Release. , September 15. Nadia said the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has started to show good results, especially when it reduced the number of cases to minus 58 percent within two weeks. increase in previous cases. "On September 13, 2021, we even recorded a The lowest daily number of cases since May 2021 is 2,577 people," he said.

Although the daily number of cases has decreased considerably, said Nadia, the public is advised to continue to increase vigilance and discipline in implementing health protocols, washing hands, wearing masks, maintaining distance, reducing unnecessary mobility and avoiding crowds and immediately vaccinating according to the schedule. "Of course. We don't want to be negligent and careless so that we are facing a surge in COVID-19 cases. We also continue to make anticipatory efforts so that there will be no missed entry for the new variant of COVID-19 by tightening surveillance at the entrances to Indonesia," he said. It is the obligation of foreign travelers to carry out PCR tests and quarantine for eight days. During this quarantine period, Nadia said, a second PCR test was carried out after the seventh day of arrival to ensure that foreign travelers were positive or negative from COVID-19. appeal to all parties Those related to supervision at the entrance of this country can coordinate well and tighten guard and supervision in order to protect all of our people from being exposed to the new variant of the COVID-19 virus, which spreads faster and is of course more difficult to control," he said.