The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, provided the most recent data on immunization rates and COVID-19 instances that are currently active. He emphasized the Papua Indonesia COVID Cases continue to record.
Jokowi Address Papua Indonesia COVID Cases
After a brief meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, Airlangga, the head of the COVID-19 Handling Committee, stated, “[There were still] significant numbers of instances in Papua and Lampung.
He said there were 7,400 active cases in Lampung and over 12,000 active cases across Papua. 2,500 active cases from West Sumatra. Other locations only have a thousand or fewer active cases, said Airlangga.
Papua Indonesia COVID Cases by July 2022
On July 22, the task force recorded 421 COVID-19 occurrences. Most patients were put in self-isolation, while 40 were admitted to the Merauke public hospital.
The task committee has requested extra medical oxygen and ventilators from the Health Ministry to address the district’s COVID-19 increase. The Merauke COVID-19 task force spokesperson, Neville Maskita replied, “May the ministry grant our plea.”
According to the Papua COVID-19 task team, coronavirus infections have spread to 18 districts and cities throughout the province.
According to the task force’s spokeswoman, Silwanus Sumule, six impacted locations are in the hilly highlands of Papua in the districts of Jayawijaya, Lanny Jaya, Tolikara, Pegunungan Bintang, Paniai, and Puncak Jaya.
Jayapura City and the districts of Jayapura, Merauke, Boven Digul, Asmat, Mappi, Mimika, Biak Numfor, Supiori, Kepulauan Yapen, Nabire, and Keerom are in the other 12 impacted locations.
The overall number of illnesses since the pandemic hit the province last year is 31,204. According to Sumule, of the total number of Papua Indonesia COVID Cases, 24,825 have entirely recovered, 688 have succumbed to the virus, and 5,691 are still being treated in hospitals.
Local Aids Local
He continued by reminding residents to abide by the government’s health regulations whenever they partake in outdoor activities.
As part of the lockdown, all access points into the province of Papua will be shut down, according to Muhammad Rifai Darus, a spokesman for the governor of Papua. It is to stop a sharp rise of Papua Indonesia COVID Cases in local communities.
The Papua COVID-19 working committee met on July 21 to discuss the lockdown’s specific guidelines, which include the shutdown of airports and seaports from August 1 to August 31, 2021.
What About The Governor?
Papua Governor Lukas Enembe and his counterparts from around Indonesia met virtually with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on July 19, 2021, he claimed, to address the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the nation.
Governor Enembe called a meeting of his staff to go through the COVID-19 pandemic scenario in Papua, he said. According to Darus, Enembe sent a letter with the number 440/7736/SET that PPKM Mikro will remain in effect until July 25, 2021.
Final Words
Although the Papua Indonesia COVID Cases administration is attempting to flatten the COVID-19 curve. As things for the province’s healthcare system appear to have gotten fairly challenging with multiple hospitals is overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Papua cannot handle this crisis on its own. The province needs help from the federal government and other relevant parties to control the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases. It’s time to demonstrate to the Papua government and the people who are in desperate need of assistance. The spirit of “gotong royong” (mutual collaboration) and a real feeling of Indonesianness.
