Tribunnews.com Reporter, Rina Ayu
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Pandemic Covid-19 still sweeping the world. Society must prepare for change pandemic become endemic.
Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Epidemiologists (PAEI) DR. dr. Hariadi Wibisono, MPH says, pandemic become endemic if the case management is successful in reducing the number of cases.
“But it’s not finished, so there are still constant and sporadic cases,” said dr. Hariadi in a statement received Saturday (18/9/2021).
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On the other hand, continued dr. Hariadi, if the endemic is not monitored with a good surveillance function, it will lead to an increase in the number of unmonitored cases.
If allowed to continue to increase, the endemic can turn into an epidemic or epidemic.
“And if the epidemic in an area/country is not handled properly, it will spread to other countries, then it becomes a problem pandemic, said Dr. Hariadi.
For this reason, to continue the transition to endemic, the steps taken by the government are to strengthen the surveillance function by preparing trained personnel in finding, tracking, and taking specimens as well as local transmission termination measures.
“As for the community, what needs to be done is awareness of the importance of health protocols and vaccinations,” he said.
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As for pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads widely to several countries with an increasing number of cases and deaths. Meanwhile, endemic is a situation where a disease is always present even though the number is not much and is not increasing.
Meanwhile, the Immunization Expert, dr. Elizabeth Jane Soepardi, MPH. DSC added, pandemic become endemic if the circulation of the virus cannot be interrupted.
The virus continues to circulate, moving from one group to another.
To get to the endemic, according to dr. Jane, the central government and local governments should start placing epidemiologists in each district/city to help identify the focus of virus transmission as a basis for implementing the Enforcement of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) and allocating resources such as vaccines, drugs, tools, budget allocations in order to decide on transmission. virus.
On the other hand, the Doctor of Health Service Research from Erasmus University, Netherland also reminded the public to keep applying health protocol.
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