114 Gugur, IDI Ungkap Kematian Tertinggi Dokter akibat Covid-19
Indonesia Reports Record Number of Doctor Deaths from COVID-19 in July
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
KEMATIAN dokter akibat Covid-19 di Indonesia meningkat tajam pada paruh pertama Juli 2021, menurut Ikatan Dokter Indonesia [IDI], setelah varian Delta dari
virus corona memicu lonjakan kasus positif Covid-19 di seluruh Indonesia.
Sebanyak 114 dokter meninggal selama 1 - 17 Juli 2021, jumlah tertinggi yang dilaporkan untuk periode waktu yang sama dan lebih dari 20% dari 545 total kematian dokter akibat Covid-19 sejak awal pandemi, kata pengurus IDI pada konferensi pers virtual.
Pengurus senior IDI, Mahesa Paranadipa mengatakan pihaknya khawatir terhadap sistem medis kemungkinan kesulitan mengatasinya, pada jumpa pers tersebut.
“Kami khawatir dengan potensi keruntuhan fungsional,” kata Paranadipa. "Ini adalah data yang dilaporkan, belum data yang mungkin belum dilaporkan kepada kami."
Kematian dokter meningkat di Indonesia, negara berpenduduk terbesar keempat di dunia, meskipun tingkat vaksinasi di kalangan petugas kesehatan mencapai 95%. Hal ini mendorong pemerintah untuk menggunakan sejumlah vaksin seperti Moderna sebagai suntikan penguat ke Sinovac China bagi petugas kesehatan.
Dipicu oleh penyebaran varian Delta yang lebih ganas, Indonesia telah melaporkan lebih banyak kasus virus Corona baru daripada negara mana pun di dunia dalam beberapa hari terakhir, menurut data dari rata-rata tujuh hari terakhir seperti dikutip Reuters. Itu adalah yang kedua setelah Brasil dalam hal jumlah kematian.
Pakar kesehatan menyebut Indonesia sebagai pusat pandemi baru. Indonesia melaporkan 44.721 kasus dan 1.093 kematian baru akibat virus pada Minggu [10/7].
Pemerintah memberlakukan pembatasan mobilitas yang ketat melalui ketentuan Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat [PPKM] untuk menekan penyebaran virus Corona sejak 3 Juli lalu. Ketentuan PPKM rencananya akan berakhir pada Selasa [20/7], namun dapat diperpanjang masa pemberlakuannya.
Kepala Tim Mitigasi IDI, Adib Khumaidi, tidak menanggapi permintaan komentar dari Reuters yang dilansir MailOnline.
DEATH of doctors from COVID-19 in Indonesia rose sharply in the first half of July, according to the profession's association, as the Delta variant of the coronavirus fuelled a surge in infections across the country.
A total of 114 doctors died during July 1-17, the highest number reported for any period of similar length and more than 20% of the 545 total doctor deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, officials from Indonesia's doctors association (IDI) said during a virtual news conference.
Mahesa Paranadipa, a senior IDI official, said the association was concerned that the medical system may not be able to cope, according to a recording of the event.
"We are worried about the potential of a functional collapse," Paranadipa. "This is the reported data, not yet data that may not have been reported to us."
Doctors deaths have increased in Indonesia, the world's fourth most-populous nation, despite a 95% vaccination rate among health workers. This has prompted the government to use a batch of Moderna vaccines as booster shots to China's Sinovac for healthcare workers.
Fuelled by the spread of the more virulent Delta variant, Indonesia has reported more new coronavirus cases than any country in the world in recent days, data from the latest seven-day average from a Reuters tracker showed. It was second only to Brazil in terms of the number of deaths.
Health experts are calling the country the new epicentre of the pandemic. Indonesia reported 44,721 cases and 1,093 new deaths from the virus on Sunday.
The government imposed strict mobility curbs on July 3 to slow the spread of the virus. They are set to end on Tuesday, but may be extended.
Adib Khumaidi, head of the IDI's mitigation team, did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comments.
