JAKARTA - Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, asked the public not to worry about the new variant of COVID-19 which is more dangerous than the Delta variant.
He asked the public to continue to adhere to health protocols to avoid exposure to the virus.
"How do you deal with the new variant? Don't worry, friends. Just apply the health protocol, wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance. It's the same", said Budi at the inauguration of the Arafah Hajj Dormitory Jakarta Embarkation Hospital, which was broadcast on YouTube, Monday, July 19.
He also said that all new variants of COVID-19 could be detected by existing medical devices. In addition, the current vaccine has also proven effective against the new variant.
"All of these new variants can be detected by our tools and the treatment until now is still the same, our vaccine can also protect us from these variants", said the former Deputy Minister of SOEs.
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Furthermore, Budi also revealed that currently there have been 1,000 new variants of COVID-19 since its appearance in the world. However, not all variants are dangerous.
Moreover, data from the World Health Organization shows that there are only four types of new variants of COVID-19 which are classified as middle class, including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta.
"But not all new variants are dangerous, the dangerous ones are now there are four that the WHO says are (dangerous) Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta", he concluded.
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