The Indonesian government lifted all of the Covid-19 restrictions on December 30th, 2022, as the country is inching toward an endemic phase.
The vaccine offers lifetime protection.
"We're better prepared."
Indonesia is proposing and focusing on three health programs during its G20 presidency.
Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin also revealed that the majority of hospitalized patients who are in serious condition also havent received complete vaccine doses.
Minister of Health estimates that the peak of COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant will occur at the end of February 2022. "We still don't know how many peaks will occur in Indonesia, which we estimate one will occur at the end of February.
The majority of local Omicron transmissions, or more than 90 percent, is predicted to occur in Jakarta and will, inevitably and subsequently, impact its satellite cities.
Ministry of Health will work with PT Amarox Pharma Global to produce a number of antiviral medicines.
Ministry of Health estimates hospitalization to be lower as symptoms have been found to be considerably mild.
The program will start on Wednesday, January 12, and spokesperson for COVID-19 vaccination Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the COVID-19 booster shot will be both free and paid.
Ministry of Health confirmed one Omicron case in Indonesia, the first to be detected in the territory.
