Jakarta – Despite improvement in COVID-19 situations, the Indonesian government will not rush to decide the shifting of status, from the pandemic to the endemic. Prior to making a decision, the government will always refer to data science and careful calculations, the Senior Advisor of the Executive Office of the President (KSP) Abraham Wirotomo ensured.
“There’s no need to be in a hurry to declare the shift from the pandemic to the endemic. We should pay attention to the precautionary aspect, instead,” said Abraham, at the Bina Graha building, Jakarta, Wednesday (2/3).
“It’s obvious that the president doesn’t want us to return to the crisis situation during the earlier period of the pandemic,” he said.
Abraham said the government always closely monitors the development of COVID-19 in Indonesia and in other countries. In addition, some experts also took part in every policy decision making, especially regarding the situation of the pandemic.
“Improving conditions proved by the scientific data and expert analysis will determine the implementation of the relaxation policy,” he said.
Data from the Health Ministry states that the number of COVID-19 cases continue to decline.
As of Tuesday (1/3), the national Bed Occupancy Rate for COVID-19 patients fell to 34 percent from the previous day, which was at 35 percent. Likewise, the daily COVID-19 cases also dropped to 24,728 cases.
