Of course, we hope that all these activities will be able to curb the spread of COVID-19Jakarta (ANTARA) - The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jakarta has reached 75.2 percent of the total cases, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said on Thursday.
“When we look at the recovery rate in Jakarta, it has reached 75.2 percent,” the minister, who is concurrently chief of the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and Economic Recovery, said at a press conference here on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the national recovery rate has touched 71.5 percent, while the fatality rate is pegged at 4.1 percent, he informed.
"The central government is paying special attention to the situation development and will always increase the capacity of hospitals and health facilities," he stated.
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In addition, it is also using hotels such as in South Sulawesi and self-isolation wards at Wisma Atlet in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, to accommodate patients. The Wisma Atlet management has also prepared towers 5 and 6 as well as towers 7 and 8 for migrant workers returning from abroad.
The number of beds at the hospitals and health facilities will also be increased to cater to the rising number of COVID-19 patients, the minister said.
“Of course, we hope that all these activities will be able to curb the spread of COVID-19. The government has assured that there won't be limited health capacity,” he said.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has officially slammed the brakes on the relaxations that had been applied to large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the Indonesian capital and announced their complete re-imposition to contain coronavirus spread.
The restrictions had been relaxed as part of the shift towards the transitional PSBB.
"Considering the emergency situation in Jakarta, there are no other choices, but to put the emergency brakes. This means that we have to implement the PSBB as it was in the beginning of the pandemic. This is the emergency brake that we have to pull," he said at a press statement at the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday evening.
It has been reported earlier that the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta has reached 13.2 percent, or above the safe number of under 5 percent prescribed by the World Health Organization.
Based on DKI Jakarta government data, active cases in Jakarta, including patients receiving treatment or undergoing isolation, have reached 11,245 as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases in Jakarta now stands at 49,837, with 37,245 recoveries and 1,347 deaths.
The data released by the DKI Jakarta Health Office on Wednesday also reveals that bed availability for daily COVID-19 isolation at 67 referral hospitals is at 77 percent of the total capacity of 4,456 beds.
The figures also show that there are 1,024 daily isolation beds for COVID-19 handling that are vacant.
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