The
Covid-19 pandemic has hit Indonesia for about 1.5 years. Handling the impact of Covid-19 must be
carried out carefully and consider various aspects. Currently, the number of
positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia has recorded an increase,
mainly due to the Delta variant. The
government continues to make various efforts to handle Covid-19 cases so that
there are no spikes and increases in cases.
The government is accelerating the vaccination program so that communal
immunity or herd immunity is immediately achieved because it believes that
vaccination has a central role in handling Covid-19 and recovering the national
economy. Currently, the vaccination program has reached 66.5 million
vaccinations, consisting of the first dose of 46.7 million and the second dose
of 19.8 million doses.
The
government also continues to carry out Testing, Tracing, and Treatment (3T) and
increase the availability of health service facilities as well as maintain the
availability of oxygen and increase the supply of medicines. To strengthen 3T, especially in increasing
Tracing, the government encourages the use of the PeduliLindung application for
the implementation of gigital tracing.
Digital tracing is the government's effort to identify and detect the
public through tracking location data and information digitally. This
application is connected and integrated with existing systems and databases at
the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), and using a QR Code will be able to track
the data of people who have been vaccinated and the results of Testing (PCR
Test or Antigen Swab). The public can download the PeduliLindung application on
the App Store or Google Play and then have to activate location data (because
this application is GPS-based) so that they can periodically identify locations
and provide information related to the level of location risk and the zoning of
the spread of Covid-19. In addition, the PeduliLindung application will also
continue to be encouraged to be used as a screening tool for people who will carry
out mobility and will be used as a Check-in Venue for people who will carry out
activities or enter public places.
Based
on a number of indicators of Covid-19 cases seen from the number of active
case-based on the number of indicators of Covid-19 cases seen from the number
of active cases, daily confirmation, death rate, positivity rate, and Bed
Occupancy Rate (BOR), a number of areas outside Java and Bali still have not
shown a decline. The government also continues to increase various efforts to control
the spike inactive cases, including by : First, the 3M improvement, especially
wearing masks, needs to be encouraged and supported by the mask distribution program.
Second, to encourage the acceleration of vaccination in areas with the highest
active cases, the Ministry of Health will encourage the distribution and supply
of vaccines to the regions. Third, in the implementation of 3T, Testing needs
to be improved, Tracing by increasing Tracer and Digital Tracing.
The
implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) which is relatively
stricter than before, especially for areas with PPKM Level 4, will limit
various community mobility and activities. The Government also continues to
issue several programs in the National Economic Recovery (PEN) effort by
providing various additional programs to the community, UMKM, and UMK during
the implementation of PPKM Level 4.
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