In total there were 4,123 positive people Corona among 6,742 travelers, through a random test conducted by the government. The data was collected from 381 locations of homecoming isolation posts, according to the Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN), Airlangga Hartarto, delivered Monday (10/5/2021).
Epidemiology expert from Australia’s Griffith University, Dicky Budiman, is not surprised why the positivity rate of the random test of travelers exceeds the Indonesian daily Corona. Because, according to him, the daily figure for Corona RI could be 10 times what was reported.
“Because in fact there are more cases in the community, higher than the epidemiological modeling, at least 10 times the reported cases, 50 thousand cases, or at least 10 thousand cases daily,” explained Dicky when contacted. detikcom Tuesday (11/5/2021).
Moreover, said Dicky, level Corona in Indonesia has entered the stage of ‘community transmission’ according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This means that many cases have not been found so far because testing, tracing, and treatment (3T) has not been going well.
“So if our test positivity rate is now high, it is already very high, it could actually be more than 15 percent,” he said.
Furthermore, he reminded people to really refrain from going home for Lebaran this year. If you remain determined, it is not impossible that a similar COVID-19 explosion like India will also occur in Indonesia.
“Found 2/3 travelers It’s positive, don’t be surprised, we’re in a very serious position because time bombs are everywhere, we’ve been in community transmission for one year, that’s the worst level, “explained Dicky.
According to him, what is happening today in India begins with undetected clusters that have become a time bomb for his country. If tests are improved, it is not impossible that hundreds of thousands of Corona cases in Indonesia are found every day.
“Because if our tests are increased by hundreds of thousands we do not really need to be surprised because it already exists, only because our minimum 3 T is very dangerous,” he concluded.
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