Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The government reveals the reasons for the increase death case Covid-19 significantly in the past week.
Previously, the Head of the Covid-19 Handling Task Force Ganip Warsito on Friday (23/7) had said that the Covid-19 death rate in Indonesia during the 14 days of implementing the emergency PPKM was still relatively high.
However, Ganip conveyed that the case cure rate was also quite high. This condition was accompanied by a decrease in the bed occupancy rate (BOR) of the Covid-19 referral hospital.
“From the results of the team’s research in the field, the mortality rate has increased due to several factors: the capacity of the hospital is full, patients who come to have poor saturation, and die because they are not monitored while doing self-isolation at home,” explained Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister for Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan at the Coordination Meeting for the Follow-up of Intervention Steps to Reduce the Death Rate Due to Covid-10 in Java-Bali on Saturday (24/07).
Coordinating Minister Luhut added that the results of the field review found that on average the patients who died suffered from comorbidities or had not received the vaccine. “Once we understand these factors, we must intervene to reduce the mortality rate rapidly,” he continued.
So Luhut gave directions to the leadership of the provinces throughout Java and Bali as well as related ministries and institutions to follow up on cases of Covid-19 deaths which increased significantly in the past week.
The intervention measures are to increase the ICU capacity of hospitals with central oxygen in areas with high mortality rates, to provide centralized and monitored isolation for high-risk patients who are self-isolating.
In addition, the Health Service was asked to coordinate with the TNI to obtain access to free drug packages from the President. The PPKM Task Force (Satgas) at the village level must be reactivated and carry out close monitoring of every resident who is indicated to have Covid-19 symptoms.
Furthermore, the government will periodically implement mortality monitoring with a framework that includes the number of deaths that have been vaccinated, comorbid cases, age classification, availability of access to drugs, oxygen treatment, disease staging and exposure to cytokine storms and location of death. This framework is applied so that the government can take mitigation steps in a strategic, comprehensive and targeted manner.
“The key in dealing with this pandemic is discipline and work hand in hand. By jointly and consistently carrying out and improving testing and tracing, it is hoped that this link will be broken,” concluded Coordinating Minister Luhut.
This coordination meeting was also attended by the Minister of Health, the Governor of Bali, the Governor of West Java, the Governor of Central Java, the Governor of East Java, the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, the Head of the Banten Provincial Health Office, the Regent of Surakarta, the Regent of Karawang and representatives of related ministries and institutions.
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