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Government Needs to Fix Inhumane Quarantine System
<p>22 December 2021 – Responding to the circulation of videos and media reports about the length of Indonesian citizens' queues at Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday (18/12), we, the Civil Society Coalition for Public Health Justice, urge the government to immediately improve the quarantine system and mechanism. This is necessary to protect citizens from the threat of transmission of the coronavirus and from the impact of other losses
- #Quarantine
- #Advocacy
December 22, 2021 · 3 min read
Quarantine Dispensation for Officials Endangers Public Health Amid Omicron Threats
Quarantine bribery cases, privileges of certain officials and changes to the quarantine rules of SE Covid-19 25/2021 undermine the sense of justice of the community. Consequently, it is only natural for the public to distrust the government more and more. The privilege of officials in quarantine rules confirms that rotten politicians always cover the mistakes of officials. Public officials should be role models for the public in promoting the best practice of health protocols.
- #Quarantine
- #Advocacy
December 17, 2021 · 2 min read
Officers Help Residents Escape from Quarantine, Evidence of Weak Supervision
While the Covid-19 pandemic has not yet ended, violations of quarantine obligations have occurred again. This time, Instagram celebrities Rachel Vennya and Salim Nauderer escaped from quarantine after coming from the United States, allegedly with the help of a member of the TNI. This case not only violates the law and shows the government's negligence in enforcing quarantine rules, but also endangers public health.
- #Quarantine
- #Health Policy
October 18, 2021 · 3 min read
Summons regarding the scarcity and expensiveness of oxygen and medicines
We ask the President, Minister of Trade and Minister of Health to immediately control prices, ensure the availability of oxygen and oxygen cylinders and ensure their distribution within 7 days (7×24 hours). If this time is not met, we will take legal and constitutional steps in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws.
- #Health Facilities
- #Advocacy
- #Quarantine
July 25, 2021 · 7 min read
Tip of the Iceberg of Covid-19 Deaths Outside Health Facilities
24 July 2021 – LaporCovid-19 collects data on deaths due to Covid-19 that occurred outside health facilities, including during self-isolation, from mid-June until now. In a press conference held on July 22 2021, Said Fariz Hibban, LaporCovid-19 Data Analyst, said that there were 2,313 fatalities due to self-isolation. This data was obtained from death recaps carried out by LaporCovid-19 for the period 1 June to 21 July 2021.
- #Mortality Data
- #Health Facilities
- #Quarantine
July 24, 2021 · 5 min read
How Effective is Emergency PPKM?
22 July 2021 – The government has declared Emergency PPKM through Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs number 15 of 2021 to respond to the recent spike in cases. At the same time, the Minister of Health said that the government would increase the number of daily tests to 400 thousand to 500 thousand tests per day, quarantine for all close contacts of confirmed cases, and would guarantee health facilities and infrastructure.1 However, in the field what happened was actually a decrease in…
- #Health Policy
- #Health Facilities
- #Quarantine
July 22, 2021 · 3 min read
Community Coalition for Fair Health Access Revoke PMK 19/2021 Paid Vaccines
18 July 2021- After receiving protests from various groups, including the Coalition for Fair Access to Health, on 16 July 2021 through the State Cabinet Secretary, Pramono Anung, President Jokowi finally said that paid vaccines were cancelled.
- #Vaccination
- #Advocacy
- #Quarantine
July 18, 2021 · 3 min read
Collapse of Health Facilities and Risk of Death in Self-Isolated Patients
Jakarta, 11 July 2021 Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI) and LaporCovid19 encourage the government to take firm steps to prevent deaths while self-isolating or seeking health services during the period of spike in Covid-19 cases. Indonesia experienced a drastic spike in positive Covid-19 cases throughout July 2021. On July 11 2021, a spike in cases was even recorded, reaching 36,197. The high spike in cases causes excess hospital capacity...
- #Health Facilities
- #Mortality Data
- #Quarantine
July 11, 2021 · 4 min read
Health Facility Collapses, 365 Covid-19 Patients Die in Self-Isolation
July 8th 2021. The death toll and Covid-19 cases in Indonesia continue to rise. In addition to the patients who died during hospital treatments, a number of people with the virus also reported the deaths of family members and friends who contracted the virus during their self-isolation. This phenomenon points to the collapse of health facilities rendering Covid-19 patients unable to find proper medical treatment, worsened by the lack of public health education and risk communication by the…
- #Health Facilities
- #Quarantine
- #Mortality Data
July 8, 2021 · 2 min read
Health Facilities Collapsed, 265 Covid-19 Self-Isolation Patients Died
Based on the results of the LaporCovid19 team's search on social media Twitter, online news, and direct reports from residents to LaporCovid-19, we found at least 265 victims who died positive for Covid-19 while in self-isolation at home, while trying to find health facilities, and while waiting in line at the hospital emergency room. These deaths outside health facilities occurred from June 2021 to July 2 2021.
- #Health Facilities
- #Quarantine
- #Mortality Data
July 3, 2021 · 2 min read
Weak Quarantine System, the Spread of Covid-19 is Increasingly Dangerous
JAKARTA The quarantine system during the Covid-19 pandemic for foreign citizens entering Indonesia is still weak. This, among other things, can be seen in cases of foreigners wandering around quarantine hotels and charging foreigners money to avoid quarantine. The loosening of the quarantine system could endanger society as new variants of Covid-19 emerge.
- #Quarantine
May 4, 2021 · 2 min read