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JAKARTA: Indonesia expanded nationwide coronavirus curbs yesterday to battle its deadliest Covid-19 wave yet as the death toll rocketed.
The country reported 34,379 infections and 1,040 deaths - both records - yesterday with fatalities up nearly six-fold from the daily number at the end of May.
The new restrictions would apply to dozens of cities and extend from Sumatra island in the west to easternmost Papua as the highly infectious Delta variant rips across the archipelago after battering Java. Cases are also rising in other regions and we need to pay attention to the availability of hospitals (there), said Senior Minister Airlangga Hartarto, adding that the government has decided to extend curbs until July 20.
People rest on veld beds inside the emergency ward for Covid-19 patients at a government-run hospital in Jakarta, on June 29, 2021. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): A shortage of beds, oxygen supply and ventilators in Indonesia has left doctors with the dreadful decision of who among their Covid-19 patients will live and who will die.
Dr Nur Chandra Bunawan, 35, from Kramat Jati general hospital in East Jakarta, said: In my 11-year career as a doctor, I ve never experienced this kind of situation. It s very hard to find a hospital right now. We often have to decide which patients have a better chance of surviving. We must pick which patients have a greater chance to live.
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1,031 Indonesian medical workers die from Covid
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1,031 Indonesian medical workers die from Covid. Image Source: IANS News
Jakarta, July 6 : At least 1,031 medical workers in Indonesia have died from Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the country in March 2020 until June 2021, according to authorities.
Secretary-General of the Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI), Lia Gardenia Partakusuma said on Monday that amongst the victims, 405 were general practitioners, 43 dentists, 328 nurses, 160 midwives, and 95 others, reports Xinhua news agency.
Indonesia is facing an ongoing resurgence after a long Eid al-Fitr holiday in May and the entry of the more contagious Delta variant, leaving medical workers overwhelmed by many patients.