Indonesia: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Indonesia: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Federation-Wide Internal Situation Update for Indonesia per 31 October 2020 Reporting period: Week covering 1 – 30 October PMI Volunteer answering call from the dedicated hotline service (PMI East Java/2020) Partners Supporting the Country Movement Partners PMI is supported by IFRC, ICRC, American Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross, Qatar Red Crescent and Turkish Red Crescent. Non-Movement Partners PMI collaborate with National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), local government agencies, WHO, and USAID, and private sectors. Context Global Updates In the past four weeks, over 12 million new cases have been reported globally. Around the world, more than 45 million cases have been recorded with a global death toll of 1,197,126. As of 31 October 20201, the total global cases are as follows: Total Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered Total Affected Countries 45,725,640 1,190,980 29,775,896 188 1 Source: John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center - COVID-19 Map Of the lives lost, 230,556 were in the US, and the country has the highest death toll along with the highest number of cases at more than 9 million. On 30 October, at least 90,000 new cases were logged—an al; time high and the equivalent of more than one case per second. In order of case number, the followings are the next most severely hit countries: • India, which has counted more than 8.1 million cases and 122,111 deaths • Brazil, which has recorded over 5.5 million cases and 159,884 deaths • Russia, which has confirmed 1.6 million cases and 28,026 deaths • France, which has recorded 1.4 million cases and 36,826 The further acceleration in the incidence of new cases was most notable in European Region. Moreover, the region also reported a substantial rise in the number of new deaths. Europe’s new daily infections have doubled over the past two weeks and the region has so far reported more than 10 million cases with the continent’s death tally at about 275,000. The UK has the ninth-highest number of cases, at more than 1 million, and has recorded 46,645 deaths. COVID-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa. Over the past four weeks, cases have increased by 45% per week on average in Kenya, by 19% in Democratic Republic of Congo and by 8% in Egypt.2 Countries in the Middle East, including Iran, Lebanon and Turkey, have been grappling with a resurgence of cases as the World Health Organization has warned that the pandemic has reached “an alarming juncture” in the region.3 The rates of COVID-19 cases in the Asia Pacific region continue to vary by country, with several countries starting to recover from second waves of infections, while other countries continue to experience a steady increase in new cases. Daily case numbers in India, which contributes over 80% of all cases in the region have started to decrease but still represent the largest proportion of cases in the region. Daily new cases in Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal and Sri Lanka are reflecting an upward trend. Numbers of reported confirmed cases in Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, and Republic of Korea have remained stable or decreased in recent weeks and months. Success in Taiwan Taiwan recently achieve the world’s impressive milestone in their COVID-19 response when it reached 200 days without recording a single locally transmitted SARS-CoV-2 infection as of 30 October 2020. The island with 23 million people reported the last domestic case of COVID-19 on 12 April, and it has reported a little over 550 cases and 7 deaths. Taiwan’s COVID-19 response was extensive and proactive, taking in lessons learned from their 2003 SARS epidemic. Experts say closing borders early and tightly regulating travel have gone a long way toward fighting the virus. Other factors include rigorous contact tracing, technology-enforced quarantine and universal mask wearing. Proactive and expansive implementation of public health measures paired with clear communication from trusted officials have successfully managed and contained the highly transmissible virus in the country. Indonesia Updates As of 31 October, the Indonesian Government has announced the following figures: Confirmed Cases Deaths Recovered Patients Under Treatment 410,088 13,869 337,801 58,418 Throughout October, Indonesia has recorded additional 123,079 new cases with average of 3,970 cases per day, which accumulated a total positive COVID-19 in the country to 410,088 cases. The rate of growth in monthly total reached its lowest this month as the total number in October is a 9.7 percent increase compare to September’s figure. In the wake of the outbreak, monthly cases soared by 460 percent in April, but the growth slowed to 90 percent in May, 83 percent in June, 74 percent in July and 28 percent in August. The growth picked up the pace again in September, which saw a 69 percent rise. The monthly number of COVID- 19 deaths is down slightly to 3,129 from 3,323 last month. The nationwide death toll stands at 13,869 or 3.4 percent of overall cases which is still above the global average, but Indonesian health authorities do not include deaths from probable cases, although thousands more deceased patients have been buried under the COVID-19 protocol for cautions. 2 Source: https://africacenter.org/daily-media-review/africa-media-review-for-october-30-2020/ 3 Source: http://www.emro.who.int/media/news/statement-by-who-director-of-programme-management-on-covid-19-pandemic.html 2 Indonesia: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Cases across provinces More than 54 percent of national total cases contributed from 4 provinces in Java (Jakarta, West Java, East Java, and Central Java) in October. Jakarta is the biggest contributor to the national tally this month with more than 31,800 cases or around 26 percent and has recorded a total of 105,597 cases, including 2,251 deaths. However, there has been a 30 percent decline in new daily cases with parallel improvements in hospital bed capacity where large-scale physical distancing restrictions were applied and re-introduced in mid-September throughout October by the Jakarta Government. Furthermore, West Java came second with 14,133 cases this month alone, taking its total to 36,338. Central Java added 11,477 cases and it now has a total of 33,912 cases, including 1,745 deaths. While being ranked second in the overall tally, East Java is in fourth place for October, when it added 8,721 more cases for a total of 52,465. The October rise is lower than the 10,201 cases it recorded in September. East Java has the highest number of coronavirus-related fatalities, totalling 3,758. In addition to that, the president has instructed to prioritize the COVID-19 response in the following 12 regencies and cities: Bogor, Bekasi City, Central Jakarta, Depok, East Jakarta, Jayapura, North Jakarta, Padang, Pekanbaru, South Jakarta, and West Jakarta. These regencies and cities have more than 1,000 active cases that cumulated 30 percent of the total active cases nationwide. During the extended public holiday from 28 October to 1 November, the Ministry of Transportation ordered random checks on vehicles leaving Jakarta to ensure all transportation operators, including private vehicles, adhere to health protocols to prevent an increase in the transmission of COVID-19. PMI Response Update As of 31 October 2020, PMI COVID-19 response operations have been conducted in 34 provinces and 403 PMI districts/cities all over Indonesia, where 6,490 personnel were mobilized with the break down as follows: PMI Cities / Programs PMI Provinces Total Location Total People Reached Districts Sanitizing/sterilizing 34 382 105,630 32,567,745 Sanitizing/sterilizing with 10 53 - 20,557,585 gunner Health Promotions 31 250 9,370 6,486,467 Health Services 20 117 1,061 1,753,234 Psychosocial support 29 170 320 32,820 Ambulance Services 17 57 553 985 Relief distribution 29 203 6,496 6,233,548 • To support the operation in all PMI Branches, PMI NHQ has distributed several equipment as follow: . 15,216 units of sprayer . 2,798,217 fabric masks . 27,427 hazmat suits . 982,420 hygiene kits . 5,136 raincoats . 2,301 body bags . 9,799 goggles . 85,867 food packages . 56,747 N95 masks . 7,724 face-shields . 7,017 rubber gloves . 566,498 Wipol pouches . 1,334,993 surgical gloves . 30 units of ventilators . 9,093 pairs of boots . 676 units of handwashing stations. 3,180,946 surgical masks • PMI also has been providing Restoring Family Links service for 34 cases along with COVID-19 Hotline Services at 021-7992322 with a total of 78 callers accessing this hotline. Through PMI social medias, 131 questions from community have been collected. In addition, PMI has provided remote psychosocial support through WhatsApp which has reached 18 people. Other than that, PMI has also conducted the following programs: Risk Communication and Community Engagement • In the period of reporting, 116 articles that covered PMI’s activities and services were published. A total of 111 articles published by online media and 5 articles published by printed media. • 30 feedbacks received up to October—bring the cumulative numbers to 843 community feedbacks since February from various channels: radio talk show, hotline, and social medias with details on sex consist of 399 males, 365 females, 81 unknowns. 3 Indonesia: COVID-19 Pandemic Response • Face-to-face and online health and hygiene promotion activities have reached 6,486,467 people (cumulative) across 31 provinces and 250 cities/districts.