Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Indonesia experienced a spike in Covid-19 cases in July 2021. This was due to the outbreak of the Delta variant, one of the Covid-19 strains that was included in the “variant of concern” by the world health organization (WHO).
The addition of Covid-19 cases reaching 523,659 a day had occurred. However, after the peak of the infection slowly but surely Covid-19 cases fell and became more under control.
If you look at the last month, the addition of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia is no more than 400 cases per day. Citing data from Friday (12/31/2021), there were 180 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia.
How did the decline occur?
The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) conducts a serological survey or seroprovalence survey related to this. Involving the Ministry of Home Affairs, and a team of researchers from several universities in Indonesia.
This study was conducted randomly in 34 provinces. Samples were taken from around 1,000 villages in Indonesia and a number of agglomeration areas
As a result, currently antibody titers are quite high in the community. Even the Director of Prevention and Control of Direct Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that the “Covid-19 super-immunity” had already occurred.
“This is thought to be because there are people who are infected with the Delta variant but also get vaccinated. So what is called super-immunity, that is a possibility,” he said as quoted from the BNPB YouTube channel, Saturday (1/1/2022).
“So that’s the result [Seroprevalensi] has not been officially released because the data has not been analyzed yet. But from the available data, it can be seen that the antibody titer that has been formed is quite high in the community,” said Nadia.
According to Messi, the implementation of the 5M health protocol (process) was asked to continue to be carried out by residents. Starting from orderly wearing masks, washing hands, maintaining distance, staying away from crowds and reducing mobility. People should also be vaccinated immediately.
The seroprevalence survey is a test by examining a person’s blood sample for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. These antibodies are usually detected within 1-3 weeks after a person is infected.
RI itself has entered the latest variant of the corona, Omicron, which spreads very quickly. As of Thursday, the total number of Omicron RI cases reached 68 people.
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