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Alarming: Increasing Cases of Coronavirus are Affected in Indonesia as Hospitals Face Pressure

Indonesia reached a bleak landmark when it exceeded more than half a million coronavirus cases, as hospitals throughout the country’s most populous province were closer to capacity.

In view of this, It has 502,110 infections and 16,002 deaths from Covid-19, the largest number in South-East Asia since the first case in March, having failed to curb the outbreak. Experts in public health claim that monitoring and touch tracing failures and a reliably high degree of positivity suggest that the actual numbers are likely to be considerably higher.

Some reached the milestone of glum resignation in the capital of Jakarta, where comparatively loose social limits would remain in effect until December 6. In fact, The government is not serious, and people are getting tired, The government isn’t serious and the people are getting fatigued.

Another merchant, Ms Dewi Nuraini, described the economy as there’s an air of fear among the people and it’s crumbling. So far in November, Indonesia has reported a daily total of nearly 4,000 new cases, with an increase in some provinces straining hospitals on the main island of Java.

The occupancy at 27 referral hospitals was 88.8 percent on Monday in Bandung, the capital of West Java, a province of nearly 50 million residents, City Secretary Ema Surmana told Reuters, with 698 of the 786 beds taken for coronavirus patients.

Epidemiologist Panji Fortuna Hadisoemarto of West Java said local and national pat transmission. According to an internal health ministry paper seen by Reuters, West Java’s occupancy rate in its Covid-19 wards was 73 percent, and also floating above 70 percent were the provinces of Banten and Central Java.

The Ministry did not respond immediately to a request for comment on certain tariffs. Recently, COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo said something should be done to ensure that hospital occupancy doesn’t increase higher.

Noto

Jakarta-based Newswriter for The Asian Affairs. A budding newswriter that always keep track of the latest trends and news that are happening in my country Indonesia.

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