- Indonesia is facing the worst Covid-19 outbreak in Southeast Asia.
- Hospitals, oxygen suppliers and coffin manufacturers say they are overwhelmed.
- Many people worry that Indonesia is facing a wave similar to the peak of the Indian Delta variant.
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The CEO of Indonesia’s largest oxygen supplier died of Covid-19 as the country faced a crisis The worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia.
Arief Harsono, founder of the natural gas group Samator Group and chairman of various industry associations, died in a hospital in eastern Java on Friday. According to his staff with colleague.
The famous politician Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of the founding father of Indonesia and the first president Sukarno, also Died on Friday after receiving Covid-19 treatment.
The number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Indonesia continues to hit a record high, and Tuesday’s daily count was confirmed as There were 31,189 new cases and 728 deaths. To date, the country has reported 2.3 million coronavirus cases and 61,868 deaths. Only 8.6% of the national population Fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Local regulatory agency LaporCovid-19 -A local citizen reporting platform that collaborates with scientists and relies on crowdsourcing-said Indonesia may have many more cases and deaths than reported because official data only shows the number of deaths confirmed to be Covid-positive by swab tests. LaporCovid-19 said that many people died when they showed symptoms of the coronavirus but were not swabbed, while others died in self-isolation. Hundreds of people died while looking for medical facilities or waiting for the emergency room to open.
Crisis-ridden country
Case wave overload Indonesian hospital,Oxygen producer, with Coffin manufacturer, Who said they lack the necessary facilities and equipment to stop the wave of cases and deaths.
The hospital has Reject the patient After the shortage of oxygen supply. More than 60 people died in a single game I was in a Java hospital on the weekend, and there was not enough oxygen in the hospital on Saturday.
Health authorities say Indonesia’s surge is mainly due to Delta variant. The mutated virus strain caused at least 90% of infections in the capital Jakarta, Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordination Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said on Monday.
Experts worry that this may be the beginning of a surge like the attack on India. The number of daily cases reached 400,000 in May.
The Indonesian authorities have insisted for months that, The country has an adequate supply of oxygen, But now that they are preparing medical facilities for emergencies The worst situation The number of daily cases is as high as 40,000. The government set up tents as temporary wards and announced that some spaces, including pilgrimage quarters, will be converted into Covid-19 isolation facilities and hospitals.
In Depok City, 13 miles south of Jakarta, road congestion prevented medical staff from providing emergency treatment for Covid-19, so that cyclists voluntarily escorted ambulances and cleared traffic. Reuters reported.
