PALANGKA RAYA – EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION BUREAU. The Central Kalimantan Covid-19 Handling Task Force delivered a Press Release on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, on the progress of handling the Covid-19 pandemic in Central Kalimantan until 03.00 p.m.

The Central Kalimantan Covid-19 Task Force Team, as well as the Central Covid-19 Handling Task Force, said that the government was securing the availability of domestic Covid-19 medicines in order to anticipate the surge in cases due to the Covid-19 variants. Currently, the government has secured a stock of 400 thousand tablets of molnupiravir (an anti-virus drug) from PT Amarox. PT Amarox itself will produce molnupiravir in April or May 2022 and in the future it is also expected to be able to produce praxlovid, one of the Covid-19 medicines. It is hoped that all products that are critical in handling Covid-19 or other possible pandemics can be produced domestically, so that we will not depend on other countries.

As for the number of accumulated data on positive confirmed Covid-19 patients in Central Kalimantan, there was an addition of 1 person, bringing the total to 46733 people. There were 3 additional patients recovered, bringing the total to 45140 people. And, there were no additional patients died, bringing the total to 1590 people.

The data also showed the progress of Covid-19 as follows: there was an addition of 1 person in Seruyan for Confirmation Case, so from 46732 people to 46733 people. There were 3 patients recovered (2 people in Sukamara and 1 person in Seruyan), so from 45137 people became 45140 people. There was a decrease of 2 people under treatment, so from 5 people to 3 people. There were no additional cases of death, so it remained 1590 people, with a mortality rate (CFR) of 3.4%.

For Bed Occupancy in Hospitals (BOR), Intensive Beds did not experience a change in Bed Occupancy (0.00%), so that it remained 2.38%, where no Regency/Municipality had BOR above 50%, while Insulation experienced a decrease in Bed Occupancy (0.78%), so from 1.21% to 0.43%, where there was no Regency/Municipality with a BOR above 50%.

For the achievement of the vaccination target of 2,036,104, the realization of Dose I Vaccination for Central Kalimantan Province has reached 83.47%. All Regencies/Municipality have achieved more than 70% of Dose I Vaccination. Then, for the achievement of the vaccination target for teachers and education personnel, high schools (SMA), and equivalent vocational schools (SMK), the realization of PNS/GTT/PTT Vaccinations has no addition so that it remains at 6,258 or 79, 01%, there was no addition for SMA/SMK Dose I, so it remained at 73,202 or 76.95%, and there was no addition for SMA/SMK Dose II so it remained at 32,403 or 34.06%.

Based on Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 04 of 2022 dated January 17, 2022 on the Implementation of Restrictions on Community Activities at Level 3, Level 2, and Level 1 and Optimizing the Command Post for Handling Corona Virus Disease 2019 at the Village and District Level to Control the Spread of Corona Virus Disease 2019 in Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua, for regencies/municipality in Central Kalimantan Province, there are two criteria, namely Level 1 and Level 2 (valid until January 31, 2022). The regencies/municipality with these criteria include: Level 1 covers West Kotawaringin, East Kotawaringin, South Barito, North Barito, Katingan, Gunung Mas, Pulang Pisau, Murung Raya, and East Barito; and Level 2 covers Kapuas, Seruyan, Sukamara, Lamandau, and Palangka Raya Municipality. (din/trans.by feb)