Omicron subvariant wave may peak in Indonesia in second to third week of July

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JAKARTA - Indonesia, which has reported an uptick in Covid-19 cases driven by the Omicron subvariants, may see the wave peak in the second to third week of July before it starts to flatten, said Healt

h Minister Budi Sadikin.

The seven-day average of the daily new cases rose 70 per cent to 1,688 on June 25, from 996 cases the previous week, according to government data. But still, the positivity rate - the proportion of those tested found to have been infected - has climbed to 3.8 per cent, from 3.4 per cent a week earlier.

Dr Tjandra Yoga Aditama, a professor of pulmonology and respiratory medicine at the University of Indonesia, agreed with IDI, stressing that the government should especially increase its testing, tracking and genomic sequencing surveillance.

 

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