Indonesia Highlights: Covid-19: High Rate of Death in Elderly | Vaccinate All Health Care Workers by End of February, Says Indonesian Minister | Indonesia Issues Instruction on Small-Scale Community A

KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian government said the number of elderly who have died of Covid-19 is high, according to data provided by the Covid-19 handling and national economic recovery committee.

The committee said that the death rate for the elderly stood at 47.3 percent.

Therefore, it is necessary to vaccinate the elderly in the country, the government said.

Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has set a target of vaccinating all health care workers in the country by the end of this month.

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Covid-19 in Indonesia: High Rate of Death in Elderly

Indonesia Food and Drugs Monitoring Agency (BPOM) said that the number of elderly who have died of Covid-19 is high in the country, an official said on Sunday, February 7.

BPOM head Penny Lukito said that based on the data provided by the Covid-19 handling and national economic recovery committee, the death rate for the elderly reached 47.3 percent.

“It is a must for the government to use the available vaccines, namely Coronavac to be given to the elderly,” Penny said in a virtual press conference on Sunday, February 7.

His office has also immediately searched for data related to the clinical trial process carried out on the elderly in China and Brazil.

The data are needed by the BPOM to approve the use of China’s Sinovac for the elderly.

Source: https://money.kompas.com/read/2021/02/07/175047926/angka-kematian-lansia-karena-covid-19-di-ri-tinggi

Vaccinate All Health Care Workers by End of February, Says Indonesian Minister

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Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has set a target of vaccinating all health care workers in the country by the end of this month.

Budi said as of today, 900,000 health care workers out of 1.5 million health workers have received the Covid-19 vaccination.

"We still have time until the end of this month to complete everything," Budi said in a press conference on Sunday, February 7.

Budi is optimistic that the target can be achieved following the fast process of the jab drive for the health care workers in the past month.

He also said that health care workers aged 60 and above will receive the Covid-19 vaccination on Monday, February 8.

The Health Ministry has recorded that 11,600 health care workers in the country are included in the elderly group.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/07/20164301/menkes-targetkan-vaksinasi-seluruh-tenaga-kesehatan-rampung-akhir-februari

Indonesia Issues Instruction on Small-Scale Community Activity Restrictions in Villages, Sub-Districts

KOMPAS.COM/ANDI HARTIK Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian delivers his speech during an event in Malang, East Java on August 7, 2020.

Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has issued Instruction No. 3/2021 on the implementation of the micro-scale of enforcement of public activity restrictions (PPKM) related to the control of Covid-19 in village and sub-districts.

“The Instruction of Home Affairs Minister No. 3/2021 has been issued on late Saturday,” the ministry’s official Safrizal said in a televised statement on Sunday, February 7.

The micro-scale PPKM will be carried out from 9-22 February. The policy continues the previous restrictions implemented by the previous regulation, which was done twice from January 12-February 8.

All sub-districts and villagers are required to apply restrictions set by the government. This includes the closing of shopping centers at 21.00 pm.

In the previous PPKM measures, malls were only allowed to operate until 20.00 pm and allow only 50 percent capacity for offices.

Meanwhile, the capacity to dine-in is limited to a maximum of 50 percent capacity until 21.00 pm.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/07/21394221/mendagri-terbitkan-instruksi-soal-ppkm-mikro-begini-aturannya