Covid-19 Surge Unstoppable

According to the Covid-19 Task Force, the new cases were mostly found in Jakarta with 13,379 cases, West Java (7,690 cases), Banten (4,370 cases), Bali (1,789 cases), and East Java (1,679 cases).

Kompas/Priyombodo (PRI)

Health workers wearing hazmat clothes get off the ambulance to report to the guard at the entrance to the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Monday (17/1/2022).

A large wave of Covid-19 cases in Indonesia is in sight. Regional preparedness for centralized isolation facilities is crucial to accommodating asymptomatic and mild symptomatic patients in order to avoid collapse in health services.