Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta provincial government has imposed micro-scale lockdown in several areas following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant.
"In several areas, the micro lockdown is managed by the local government and the community there," Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Jakarta Health Office Dwi Oktavia noted here on Monday.
However, Oktavia did not furnish detailed information on how many areas in the capital had implemented micro lockdown. Areas, with a high number of COVID-19 positive cases occurring simultaneously, will implement the policy.
Earlier, as many as 36 residents in Krukut Village, Taman Sari Sub-district, West Jakarta, had tested positive for COVID-19.
“Of the 36 people, one person, with the initial R, contracted the Omicron variant,” she added.
According to Oktavia, R is estimated to have contracted the virus through local transmission, as she did not have a recent history of having travelled abroad.
She noted that the 36 Krukut residents are currently undergoing treatment at the Wisma Atlet COVID-19 Emergency Hospital in Kemayoran, Jakarta.
As of January 9, 2022, the provincial government of Jakarta had recorded some 1,885 active COVID-19 cases out of which 75.1 percent, or 1,415 people, are those who had travelled abroad.
From the total count of active cases, 407 had contracted the Omicron variant. As many as 350 out of the 407 patients are people that had recently travelled abroad, while the rest 57 had contracted the virus through local transmission.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indonesia in March 2020. According to data provided by the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, as of January 9, 2022, at least 4,266,195 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country, while 4,115,958 people have recovered, and 144,129 people have succumbed to the virus.
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