The nationwide COVID-19 job force has traced nearly 240 confirmed cases to 17 clusters that emerged in May-November from big public events at spiritual events and places of praise in Jakarta.
” There are 17 clusters that emerged from religious occasions and places of praise clusters with 236 [confirmed] cases in total,” said the taskforce’s information and infotech head, Dewi Nur Aisyah, as priced quote by kompas.com on Wednesday.
Dewi therefore stressed the need to observe the COVID-19 health procedures of mask using, hand cleaning with soap and physical distancing at all times, specifically at public centers and events.
She included that cluster infections generally emerged throughout large spiritual occasions like takziah ( comforting the dispossessed in Islam) and tahlilan ( communal prayer), and kept in mind that the emergence of clusters was more common during takziah than during tahlilan
” Currently, we have spotted five clusters from takziah occasions in Jakarta, and just 2 [clusters] from tahlilan occasions. The overall variety of cases is 69,” said Dewi.
She likewise reminded the general public to stay alert when participating in funeral services, even funeral services for people who had died of other causes unassociated to COVID-19, but to remember that 60 percent to 80 percent of people infected with the coronavirus were asymptomatic or revealed just moderate symptoms.
Jakarta has tape-recorded a minimum of 85 brand-new cases connected to the series of public gatherings hung on Nov. 10 to mark the repatriation of Islam Protectors Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shibab.
The job force recently received data revealing that 7 out of 15 individuals who took swab tests in Petamburan, Central Jakarta, had evaluated positive for the disease, while 20 out of 559 individuals who attended an event in Megamendung district, Bogor regency, West Java, returned positive outcomes for antigen swab tests.
A separate report exposed that 50 people had also contracted the illness in Tebet, South Jakarta.
Task force chief Doni Monardo called on neighborhood system (RT) and neighborhood unit (RW) heads to cooperate with the health authorities and to prompt citizens to self-report if they had participated in any activities related to Rizieq’s return to the nation.
“[If you participated in the parades] please report to the head of [your] RT or RW and get yourself evaluated at a puskesmas[community health center],” said Doni.
Amidst the recent rise of new COVID-19 cases and following several mass events that resulted in claims of widespread health protocol offenses, the Jakarta administration revealed on Sunday that it would extend the transitional massive social constraints (PSBB) for another two weeks until Dec. 6.
” The Jakarta administration can pull the ’em ergency brake’ if [the city] sees a considerable increase in new cases or a worrying transmission rate,” Jakarta Guv Anies Baswedan stated on Sunday. “On Saturday, the capital city tape-recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,579 cases.”
Anies added that a report from the University of Indonesia ' s Public Health Faculty (FKM UI) discovered that the rate of public compliance with the COVID-19 health procedures had decreased substantially given that completion of October.
Numerous countless Jakartans traveled throughout the government-declared cuti bersama(collective leave) from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 to mark the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, which critics and health professionals alike cautioned would lead to a new surge two weeks after the vacation. (dpk)
Editor’s note: This article becomes part of a public campaign by the COVID-19 task force to raise individuals’s awareness about the pandemic.
