#covid-19

Moving from Pandemic to Endemic

Experts project that this pandemic will gradually become endemic. Therefore, early on, we prepare a roadmap so that we can deal with the endemic more smoothly without turmoil. The next step after the second wave of Covid-19 subsides is to continue to put health into priority (healthy oriented). Lessons from the imposition of restrictions on community activities deserve to become a stepping stone on the road map to endemic. It turns out that strict and measurable restrictions on activities can ease the rampage of the corona, so that it can open up opportunities for economic revival. This must have related with the government's attitude that is more open to receiving suggestions and criticism. The current restriction is clearly a more healthy-oriented policy, which is different from the misguided economic-oriented policy that was implemented at the beginning of the pandemic. At that time the government did not close the door to arrivals from abroad, desperately invited foreign tourists, financed buzzers, there was indifferent and slow response of the health authorities, the lack of tracing and testing, and the lack of concern for the heavy burden of health workers and health filities.

Webinar: Mencegat Varian Baru di Tengah Penanganan Gelombang Omicron

Webinar Seri Literasi Pandemi Ke-32 MUI JatimTema “Mencegat Varian Baru di Tengah Penanganan Gelombang Omicron” Jum'at, 18 Februari 2022Pukul 19.00 WIB Sambutan DP MUI JatimProf. Akh. Muzakki, M.Ag.,Grad.Dip.SEA.,M.Phil., Ph.D (Sekretaris Umum MUI Jatim) Narasumber Prof. Djoko Santoso, dr. Ph.D, Sp.PD. KGH. FINASIM (Ketua BK MUI Jatim & Guru Besar Kedokteran Universitas Airlangga) Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Sp.P(K), MARS, DTM&H, DTCE, FISR (Direktur Pasca Sarjana Universitas YARSI) Prof. dr. Sofia Mubarika Haryana, M.Med.Sc, Ph.D (Guru Besar Kedokteran UGM) Link Zoom: https://bit.ly/WebinarSeriLitaresiPandemiMUIJATIMMeeting ID: 878 1276 4039Passcode: MUIJTM Form pendaftaran peserta: https://bit.ly/DaftarWSLP32

Mengatasi Omicron dan Varian Masa Depan

Jangan menganggap enteng Omicron. Dampak varian ini memang tak sedrastis varian Delta karena mayoritas bergejala ringan. Penularan Omicron sangat ”ngegas” dan negara kita mulai terganggu lejitan kasus Covid-19. Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) sendiri memasukkan Omicron (B.1.1.529) sebagai varian yang harus diwaspadai (variant of concern/VoC) sejak 26 November 2021. Menginvasi ke seluruh dunia seperti ”perang kilat” (blitzkrieg), angka kasus Omicron sangat cepat menanjak. Bahkan, kini penambahan hariannya 4-5 kali lipat (sekitar 3 juta kasus) dari saat puncak varian Delta (sekitar 750.000). Tingkat kematian pun mengikuti. Kalau puncak Delta tingkat kematiannya 11.000-an per hari, kini Omicron sudah menewaskan sekitar 12.000-an per hari. Data epidemiologi terbaru menunjukkan peningkatan infeksi pesat di Eropa, mayoritas akibat Omicron. Pada September 2021, lebih dari sejuta kasus penularan baru per minggu, tetapi pada minggu pertama Januari 2022 menjadi lebih dari tujuh juta kasus per minggu, meningkat tujuh kali lipat. Kini seluruh Eropa menderita penularan yang cepat, bahkan Perancis, Inggris, dan Rusia melampaui 100.000 kasus per hari.

Organizing the Reason of Pandemic Management

Our nation is one of those who easily become sensitive, especially to things related to the Covid-19 pandemic. They were frustrated because they were forbidden to travel inland (mudik), but they broke through the ban on inland traveling. The result was a tremendous explosion of Covid-19 cases. The government also pulled the 'hand brake' with the implementation of emergency community activity restrictions (PPKM) at that time. The explosion was compounded by the 'foreign factor', the delta variant from India. The Central Indonesian Medical Association (Ikatan Dokter Indonesia/IDI), through its Deputy General Chair Slamet Budiarto, said this variant was the main trigger for the current bad situation. This variant was brought by foreigners or Indonesians who returned home because the country's gates were not closed while the people were prohibited from traveling inland between regions. The combination of the factors of inland-traveling break-ins and foreign variants had proven to be deadly.

MUI Jatim Ingatkan Anak Yatim Akibat Covid-19 Perlu Diperhatikan

Malang, NU Online Jatim: Pandemi menyisakan kesedihan mendalam bagi sebagian orang, tidak terkecuali anak-anak. Pasalnya, seiring meningkatnya kasus kematian akibat covid-19, banyak anak-anak mendadak menyandang status yatim sebab kehilangan orang tuanya.  Merespon hal ini, Kepala Badan Kesehatan (Kabakes) Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) Jawa Timur, Djoko Santoso mengingatkan pemerintah dan masyarakat memperhatikan hal tersebut. "Harus disadari, anak yatim memiliki hak sandang pangan papan yang sama dengan yang memiliki orang tua," kata Djoko di webinar seri literasi pandemic yang diadakan MUI Jatim pada Jumat (03/09/2021) malam. Guru Besar bidang klinis di Universitas Airlangga tersebut menjelaskan bahwa usia krusial anak-anak yang sangat berpengaruh terhadap kondisi di masa depannya adalah di saat usia tujuh tahun pertama dalam kehidupannya.