Current research study has revealed that numerous members of the general public in Jakarta and East Java presume they are immune to COVID-19 or even question there is a pandemic at all, COVID-19 job force primary Doni Monardo has actually said.
Doni, who likewise chairs the National Catastrophe Mitigation Company (BNPB), said the research study was carried out in five provinces, with Jakarta declaring the number one area and East Java number two in regards to public denial relating to the coronavirus outbreak.
” So, if we look at today’s high numbers of cases in Jakarta and East Java, possibly the data gathered may be rather precise,” Doni stated in a conference with the House of Representatives on Thursday, as quoted by kompas.com
Doni, however, did not expose the details of the research study that he described.
The other 3 provinces they gathered the data from were West Java, Central Java and South Kalimantan, where lots of homeowners also assumed they were immune to COVID-19, he stated.
Those three provinces have likewise been hit hard by the pandemic.
He went on to say that the task force would release a joint group to inform individuals in those provinces.
As of Thursday, Indonesia had actually tape-recorded 184,268 cases, with 132,055 recoveries and 7,750 deaths. The country has logged numerous record-high numbers in the previous week, with the greatest daily toll of 3,622 new cases taped on Thursday.
Jakarta has actually represented 22 percent of the total cases, with 42,041 cases and 1,246 since Thursday, when 1,359 brand-new cases were included.
Following Jakarta is East Java, with 34,278 cases and 2,459 deaths– the greatest variety of deaths in the nation. It is followed by Central Java with 14,428 cases, South Sulawesi with 12,194 cases, West Java with 11,481 cases and South Kalimantan with 8,416 cases. (syk)
