Pemerintah Resmi Tetapkan Status Endemi di Indonesia
Indonesia Govt Decides Indonesia to Enter Endemic Period
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Jakarta [B2B] - Presiden RI Joko Widodo [Jokowi] secara resmi mengumumkan pencabutan status pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia. Dengan begitu, Indonesia akan memasuki masa endemi.
"Setelah tiga tahun lebih kita berjuang bersama menghadapi pandemi COVID-19, sejak hari ini Rabu 21 Juni 2023, pemerintah memutuskan untuk mencabut status pandemi dan kita mulai memasuki masa endemi,” ujar Jokowi.
Keputusan tersebut diambil sejalan dengan pencabutan status public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) untuk COVID-19 yang dilakukan oleh Badan Kesehatan Dunia atau WHO. Keputusan tersebut juga diambil pemerintah dengan mempertimbangkan angka konfirmasi harian kasus COVID-19 di tanah air yang mendekati nihil
"Hasil Serosurvei menunjukkan 99 persen masyarakat Indonesia memiliki antibodi COVID-19," ujarnya.
Memasuki masa endemi ini, Jokowi mengingatkan masyarakat untuk tetap berhati-hati serta terus menjalankan perilaku hidup sehat dan bersih.
Lebih lanjut, Jokowi berharap keputusan pencabutan ini dapat meningkatkan geliat perekonomian di tanah air.
"Tentunya dengan keputusan ini, pemerintah berharap perekonomian nasional akan bergerak semakin baik dan meningkatkan kualitas kehidupan sosial ekonomi masyarakat," tandasnya.
Jakarta [B2B] - President Joko Widodo announced that the government officially revoked the status of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Furthermore, the President said that starting today, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Indonesia is declared to have switched from a pandemic to an endemic period.
"After more than three years we have struggled together to face the Covid-19 Pandemic, since today, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, the government has decided to revoke the pandemic status and we are entering an endemic period," said the President in a statement which was broadcast live via the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel. , on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
According to the President, this decision was taken after considering that the daily number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia is close to zero. Furthermore, the President explained that the results of the sero survey that had been conducted showed that 99 percent of the Indonesian people already had Covid-19 antibodies.
"WHO has also revoked the status of a public health emergency of international concern, " he continued.
However, the Head of State appealed to the public to remain cautious and continue to practice a healthy and clean lifestyle. The President also hopes that this decision will have a positive impact on national economic development.
"The government hopes that the national economy will move better and improve the quality of people's socio-economic life," he said.
