Airlangga Says Indonesia's Handling Of COVID-19 Is Better Than Other Countries

Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN) Airlangga Hartarto admitted that the government has extended the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) outside Java-Bali from July 5 to August 1, 2022.

This decision was taken in a limited meeting of the PPKM evaluation chaired by President Joko Widodo, Monday, July 4.

According to Airlangga, the extension of the PPKM was applied to 385 regencies/cities at Level 1, and only one at Level 2, namely in Sorong Regency, West Papua.

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs admitted that the effective reproduction rate of Covid-19 outside Java-Bali was 1.11 for Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan and Sulawesi, 1.08 in Sumatra, and 0.99 for Maluku and Papua.

Airlangga added that Java-Bali still represented the majority or 95 percent of the national daily cases as of July 3.

"In terms of national 1,614 cases, Java-Bali still represents the majority or 95 percent, namely 1,579 cases, while outside Java-Bali 35 cases or 4.07 percent," he said in a statement, Monday.

In the average, the 7-day moving average of Indonesia's COVID-19 cases is also relatively low compared to several countries in the world.

This means that the handling of COVID-19 in Indonesia is still better than other countries in the world.

"United States still have 16,034, then Australia with 32,116, India with 16,065, Singapore with 8,266, Malaysia with 2,384, Thailand with 2,278 and Indonesia with 1,138. This is a moving average," said Coordinating Minister Airlangga.

With the number of daily cases adding up to 1,614 as of July 3 yesterday, Airlangga ensured that the figure was still below the positivity rate threshold set by the WHO, which is 5 percent.

Data from the Covid-19 Handling Task Force as of Sunday July 3, the daily increase brought the total positive cases of COVID-19 since March 2020 to 6,093,917 people.

Nationally, the daily cure rate is 1,606 people, bringing the total to 5,920,249 people.

Meanwhile, the total number of patients who died from COVID-19 has reached 156,749.

The COVID-19 Task Force also recorded the number of active cases of COVID-19 sufferers who were still undergoing treatment and self-isolation as of Sunday, July 3, as many as 16,919 active cases.