The number of viral cases in Indonesia has reached a six-month high as Omicron spread

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

As the highly transmissible omicron variety spreads across the country, Indonesia has seen the largest number of Covid-19 infections in almost six months.

On Thursday, the authorities recorded 27,197 new infections, the most since August 14.
The number of persons who died every day reached its greatest level since October 21 when 38 people died from the sickness.
Cases have increased dramatically since late December, when there were fewer than a hundred.

 

As the number of cases rose, President Joko Widodo asked the ministers in charge of the pandemic response to reassess the limitation policy immediately, while also urging people to remain calm and follow health protocols.

 

Indonesia is keeping an eye on hospitalisation to see if there are any changes to the restrictions.

Despite the increase in illnesses, Indonesia is not implementing stringent movement restrictions, instead calling people to avoid gatherings and decreasing in-person schooling to half capacity.

The government is nearly tripling the number of hospital beds dedicated to Covid-19 treatment as it prepares for daily cases to reach 285,000, which would be five times the previous high.

 

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