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KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. All of society must be alert. The reason is that the positive cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia are expected to see a large increase. According to the Indonesian epidemiologist at Griffith University in Australia, Dicky Budiman, this can be seen in several indicators related to Covid-19 in Indonesia, which is increasing.
“So this means there are serious signs like indicators of mortality rates, hospital occupancy rates, daily cases, the positivity rate tests have increased,” Dicky told Kompas.com, on Saturday (12/26/2020) .
“Going into early 2021, we will enter a period that we really need to be aware of. And there is the possibility of an explosion of cases,” he said.
Dicky did not mention the specific cause of the potential explosion in the case. He only said that Indonesia’s current condition was in a critical condition.
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Therefore, Dicky advised the government to intensify the Tracing, Testing and Treatment (3T) program and that the community continue to implement health protocols. The health protocol in question is to wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance (3M).
“The 3M community in addition to limiting the movement of mobility, the interaction,” he said.
As for this month of December, there are several long vacation moments. The holidays start from December 24 to 27, 2020, which is Christmas.
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Meanwhile, there is no holiday from December 28 to 30, 2020, so people must continue to work as usual. Then, he said, the Eid replacement holiday was set to December 31, 2020.
The New Years holidays are set on January 1, 2021 and added from January 2-3, 2021, which is a weekend holiday because it falls from Saturday to Sunday.
Looking at the long vacation periods, people are advised not to travel and create activities that cause crowds.
This article was published on Kompas.com with the title “There is a possibility of an explosion in the case of Covid-19 in early 2021, everyone is asked to be alert.”
Author: Sania Mashabi
Editor: Bayu Galih
Publisher: Barratut Taqiyyah Rafie
