Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Expert Council of the Indonesian Association of Public Health Experts (IAKMI), Hermawan Saputra say, variant B1617 or varian Delta Indian origin did not have an impact on the severity of cases. However, new variant it greatly affects the speed of transmission.
This of course will be risky for people with severe symptoms that can cause death.
“So this variant is worrying because it is quite dangerous with our weak surveillance situation. People are exposed to the virus faster and transmit it faster,” Hermawan said when contacted Beritasatu.com, Saturday (19/6/2021).
Hermawan added, in addition to the Delta variant which causes very fast transmission, there are also other variants that are still in the research stage to ascertain whether one causes the severity of the case or only the speed of transmission.
“The severity of the cases and the speed of transmission are two different things. But what is certain for now is that this virus mutation increases the speed of transmission. That’s what causes di India collapse,” he said.
Hermawan said that the increase in cases was very high in the 3T situation, namely testing, tracing, and treatment is still weak, of course there will be many cases that are not handled and cause a high mortality rate.
“So the name 3T is very weak, testing is weak, tracing weak, and treatment weak. Especially now that almost all areas on the island of Java are already above 80% occupied by beds for Covid-19 patients. It means that just waiting can lead to many patients being left untreated and deaths can also increase significantly,” he concluded.
Source: BeritaSatu.com
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