(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Indonesia adds more than 10,000 new cases in a single day and cumulatively diagnosed more than 800,000 cases
China News Agency, Jakarta, January 8th (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian official local time announced on the afternoon of the 8th that there were 10617 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country that day, with a total of more than 800,000 confirmed cases and 808340 cases; 233 new deaths , A total of 23,753 deaths.
This is the first time since the first confirmed case was discovered on March 2, 2020, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day in Indonesia exceeded 10,000, and it was also the third consecutive day that the country broke the record for the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day.
Jakarta, the capital with the most severe epidemic, set a new high in the province’s single-day number of newly confirmed cases with 2,959 cases. The province has confirmed more than 200,000 cases, reaching 200658.
According to Indonesian media citing the report of the head of the country’s medical association, Harik, the country has not only rapidly increased the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 since December 2020, but also the number of deaths. The designated hospitals for COVID-19 in many parts of the country have been overcrowded and patients are very sick. It is difficult to obtain medical services, and the health care system “is facing a serious crisis.”
According to data from the Indonesian Medical Association, as of now, the bed occupancy rate in the intensive care unit of the new crown designated hospitals in the capital Jakarta and the metropolitan area such as Bogor, Debo, Tangerang, Bekasi and Surabaya, the capital of East Java has reached 100%. The occupancy rate of beds in the intensive care unit and the isolation and observation room of designated hospitals in all provinces across the country has reached 70%.
The Indonesian New Crown Epidemic Prevention and Control and Economic Recovery Commission recently announced that it will implement changes in the 6 provinces of Jakarta, Banten, West Java, East Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and Bali from 11 to 25 of this month. Strict “large-scale social restrictions” measures. These measures include 75% of office workers working at home, online teaching, shopping malls and shopping malls are closed at 19:00 every day, catering establishments only allow 25% of the maximum capacity for dining, religious places limit the maximum capacity of 50% of activities, and the suspension of all public entertainment and culture Activities, limit public transportation capacity, etc.
Indonesian Minister of the Interior Dito has signed a ministerial decree, requiring all localities to issue as soon as possible the “tightened version” of the local chiefs’ regulations to implement large-scale social restrictions, and strictly implement the epidemic prevention policies issued by the central government.
The Indonesian government has recently confirmed that it will start the nationwide vaccinations for the new crown on the 13th of this month. President Joko will be the first to vaccinate to convey confidence in the new crown vaccine to the people. (Finish)
【Editor in charge: Wang Jiayi】
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