Vigilance Still Needed

The surge in confirmed cases of Covid-19 is proof that the virus is still mutating and circulating in the country. Even though the pandemic has become an endemic, we still need to be vigilant.

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Commuter train passengers from Bekasi get off to change platforms at Manggarai Station, Monday (30/5/2022). The use of masks in public transportation is important to prevent the transmission of Covid-19..

According to Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin during a visit to the Kompas Editorial office on Friday (4/11/2022), three new Omicron subvariants have been identified in Indonesia: the BA.2.75 subvariant commonly found in India, the XBB and XBB.1 subvariants circulating in Singapore, and the BQ.1 subvariant detected in a number of European countries and the United States.

On Saturday (5/11), the Covid-19 Task Force recorded 4,717 new confirmed cases, with the greatest number in Jakarta, followed by East Java, West Java, Banten, and Central Java.