(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of deaths exceeded 1,000 for 18 consecutive days, and Indonesia's "emergency restriction" measures were extended three times
China News Agency, Jakarta, August 2 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on the evening of the 2nd that the implementation period of the "emergency restrictions on social activities" originally scheduled to expire on the same day will be extended for another week to the 9th of this month. .
The measure has been extended twice before the implementation period, and the implementation of the full month.
Joko said that although relevant measures have played an "obvious effect" in the prevention and control of the epidemic, a high degree of vigilance must still be maintained.
Indonesian officials reported that in the afternoon that there were 22,404 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in the past 24 hours, and a total of 3,462,800 confirmed cases; 1568 new deaths and a total of 97,291 deaths.
Although this is the second time since July 6th that the number of new confirmed cases in a single day has fallen below 30,000, and the first time it has fallen below 25,000, it is the 18th consecutive day that there have been more than 1,000 new deaths in a single day.
The high mortality rate and the number of new deaths indicate that the second wave of the Indonesian epidemic, characterized by rapid transmission of the delta mutant strain, is still quite serious.
Since June, the Indonesian epidemic has rebounded fiercely, and the number of new cases and deaths has soared.
Especially in July, the number of new cases and the number of deaths in a single day for multiple consecutive days both ranked the highest in the world.
From July 3 to 20, the Indonesian government implemented "emergency restrictions on social activities" measures in 15 counties (cities) on Java, the most populous and most severely affected island, and the tourist destination Bali and other islands.
On the evening of July 20 and 25, Joko announced the extension of the "emergency restrictions" twice.
The "emergency restriction" measures include work from home for all employees in non-important industries; online teaching; closure of shopping centers, shopping malls and trade centers; traditional markets, supermarkets, and grocery stores are open until 20 o'clock each day and can only accept 50% of the passenger capacity. %; restaurants, cafes, etc. prohibit dine-in; religious places, parks, cultural, sports and entertainment venues, tourist attractions, etc. are closed.
Indonesian Health Minister Sadikin said that the number of new cases in a single day in the country has dropped by about 60% from the peak in mid-July, especially the number of newly confirmed cases in Java and Bali is continuing to decline.
But Sadikin reminded that the number of new cases in many areas outside Java and Bali is still rising, and he said that he will "copy" the prevention and control measures of Java and Bali in these areas.
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