COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationIndonesia
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseKemang, Jakarta
Arrival date2 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Deaths
At least 1 million (excess deaths)
Government website
National:
covid19.go.id
covid19.bnpb.go.id
covid19.kemkes.go.id
Local:
see cases by province

The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020, after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus. Both were infected from a Japanese national.[1][2]

By 9 April 2020, the pandemic had spread to all 34 provinces in the country at that time. Jakarta, West Java, and Central Java are the worst-hit provinces, together accounting more than half of the national total cases. On 13 July 2020, the recoveries exceeded active cases for the first time.[3]

The number of deaths may be much higher than what has been reported as those who died with acute COVID-19 symptoms but had not been confirmed or tested were not counted in the official death figure.[4]

Instead of implementing a nationwide lockdown, the government applied "Large-Scale Social Restrictions" (Indonesian: Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar, abbreviated as PSBB), which was later modified into the "Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement" (Indonesian: Pemberlakuan Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat, abbreviated as PPKM).[5] On 30 December 2022, the restrictions were lifted for all regions in Indonesia since satisfied population immunity exceeded the expectation, although it did not lift the pandemic status.[6][7][8]

On 13 January 2021, President Joko Widodo was vaccinated at the presidential palace, officially kicking off Indonesia's vaccination program.[9] As of 5 February 2023 at 18:00 WIB (UTC+7), 204,266,655 people had received the first dose of the vaccine and 175,131,893 people had been fully vaccinated; 69,597,474 of them had been inoculated with the booster or the third dose.[10]

The pandemic is estimated to have caused at least 1 million excess deaths in Indonesia.[11]

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  2. ^ "Indonesia confirms first cases of coronavirus". Bangkok Post. Reuters. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Indonesia's COVID-19 recoveries beat active cases for the first time". Jakarta Globe. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ Allard, Tom; Lamb, Kate (28 April 2020). "Exclusive: More than 2,200 Indonesians have died with coronavirus symptoms, data shows". Reuters. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Soal PSBB Jawa-Bali, Pemerintah Kenalkan Istilah PPKM". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ Yanwardhana, Emir (30 December 2022). "PPKM Dicabut, Jokowi: Kekebalan Penduduk RI Sangat Tinggi!". CNBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. ^ Rizqo, Kanavino Ahmad (30 December 2022). "Jokowi Resmi Umumkan PPKM Dicabut!". Detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  8. ^ Ramadhan, Ardito (30 December 2022). Santosa, Bagus (ed.). "Pemerintah Putuskan Cabut PPKM Mulai Hari Ini". Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kompas Cyber Media. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  9. ^ Stanley Widianto (13 January 2021). "Indonesia launches vaccination drive as COVID-19 deaths hit record". Reuters. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Vaksin Dashboard" (in Indonesian). Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ Msemburi, William; Karlinsky, Ariel; Knutson, Victoria; Aleshin-Guendel, Serge; Chatterji, Somnath; Wakefield, Jon (January 2023). "The WHO estimates of excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic". Nature. 613 (7942): 130–137. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05522-2. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 9812776.