Virus Mutations, Logs, and Explosion Threats in Covid-19 Cases All Page

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Almost six months of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia. During this period, there were no signs that the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus had decreased.

In fact, the Covid-19 Management Task Force has noticed an increase in cases of late.

This condition is even more concerning because a mutated strain of the new corona virus has currently been found that is believed to be more infectious than the initial strain found in China.

The director of the Institute of Molecular Biology (LBM), Eijkman Amin Soebandrio, said his party had informed GISAID about the findings of a more contagious mutation strain called D614G.

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“We can say that at this time it has been identified and reported,” Amin said at a virtual press conference on Friday (8/28/2020), according to press reports. Between.

LBM Eijkman deputy director Herawati Sudoyo said this virus mutation was found in genomic sequencing data from samples collected by LBM Eijkman.

Reporting from Reuters, his party needs to examine more deeply whether this mutation plays a role in the increase in cases that have occurred in Indonesia in recent days.

According to data from the Covid-19 Management Working Group as of August 31, 2020, the cumulative positive cases of Covid-19 reached 174,796 cases since it was first announced on March 2.

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This number increased to 2,743 cases in 24 hours. The addition of this case is known from the results of examining 15,305 specimens taken from 14,566 people a day.

It means positivity rate or the number of positive cases per number of cases examined by the sample reached 13.5 percent.

DKI Jakarta Province was reported as the province with the highest number of positive cases added daily, namely 1,049 cases. The backlog of positive cases in DKI Jakarta reached 40,086 cases or the highest compared to other provinces in Indonesia.

Case explosion

Last weekend, the Covid-19 Management Working Group reported a record increase of 3,003 positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Friday (8/28/2020).

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Two days later or on Sunday (8/30/2020), it was the turn of DKI’s Jakarta province to report a record 1,094 positive cases in one day.

That means that more than 1,000 cases have been added in the DKI Jakarta province in the last two days.

The Provincial Government of DKI also linked the increase in cases over 1,000 to the high mobility of the community during the long vacations of the previous week.

“70 percent of positive cases today are cases whose samples were taken on August 24 and 25, 2020. If you count down, the most frequent incubation period is six days, then patients access the PCR test from 1 to 2 days. Then, the highest transmission period occurs at 16 days. August 17, 2020 “, explained on Sunday the Head of the Division of Disease Prevention and Control of the Provincial Health Office from DKI, Dwi Oktavia.

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However, that does not mean that the possibility of an explosion in the case of Covid-19 will not occur again in the future. In addition, the provincial government of DKI plans to re-operate cinemas amid a pandemic situation that has not subsided.

Still, the theater’s operation is planned to enforce strict health protocols.

Therefore, people are expected to be more vigilant in their activities. The implementation of health protocols, such as wearing masks, maintaining distance, and adhering to clean and healthy lifestyles, is expected to minimize the potential for transmission of the corona virus.

University of Indonesia epidemiologist Syahrizal Syarif said that without public oversight, the situation of Covid-19 transmission in the community has the potential to be more concerning in the future.

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In fact, according to their model, Covid-19 cases in Indonesia have the potential to increase to 500,000 by the end of the year.

“The situation is dire. Local broadcasting is currently out of control,” Syarif added.

Meanwhile, MPR President Bambang Soesatyo appealed to the public to limit their activities outside the home. This is because there are also many cases of Covid-19 transmission that are transmitted by people without symptoms (OTG).

On the other hand, local governments currently in the Covid-19 transmission red zone are expected to implement strict health protocols. For example, increasing the number of medical staff and the capacity of the treatment room in the referral hospital.

“The government must also be more vigilant and immediately think about a long-term solution for the discovery of mutations of SARS-CoV-2 in the group D614G, which is the virus that triggers Covid-19, which has the potential to be more contagious, “Bamsoet said in a written statement.