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Hundreds of Sinovac-injected Indonesian doctors contract COVID

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[ORIGINAL TRANSLATION] INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY : SINOVAC VACCINE PROVEN TO BE REALLY POWERFUL AGAINST COVID-19 !

Jakarta, 17 Juni 2021

Kondisi tenaga kesehatan (nakes) di Kudus, Jawa Tengah, yang sempat terpapar COVID-19 akibat menangani pasien di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan kini telah berangsur pulih.

Hingga 12 Juni 2021, 308 nakes terkonfirmasi positif COVID-19, 277 tenaga kesehatan dalam perawatan isolasi mandiri, dan 193 lainnya sudah dinyatakan sembuh.

“Namun, hari ini (17/6), 90% nakes yang isolasi mandiri sudah bisa mulai masuk kerja dan kembali melayani masyarakat. Ini sebuah berita yang menggembirakan. Selain itu, hal ini juga menunjukkan bahwa vaksin yang diberikan kepada mereka benar-benar efektif melindungi dari kondisi terburuk,” ujar Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Kudus Badai Ismoyo.

Jumlah tenaga kesehatan di Kudus sendiri saat ini mencapai kurang lebih 6000 nakes. Dengan perlindungan yang diberikan melalui program vaksinasi bagi nakes yang dimulai periode Januari-Maret 2021 lalu, nakes di Kudus tidak terlalu banyak terpapar COVID-19.

“Hampir 100% nakes di Kudus yang berjumlah sekitar 6000 orang telah menerima vaksinasi dosis satu dan dua. Dari jumlah tersebut, hanya 308 nakes yang terpapar atau sekitar 5,13% dari jumlah keseluruhan nakes dan sebagian besar di antaranya sudah sembuh dan mulai bekerja kembali,” ujar Badai.

Direktur Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah dr. Loekmono Hadi, dr. Abdul Aziz Achyar menyampaikan data terbaru pada Kamis (17/6), bahwa dari total 153 nakes yang terkonfirmasi kasus positif COVID-19 di rumah sakit tersebut, hanya 11 orang (7,1%) yang dirawat inap, 86 (56%) sisanya melakukan isolasi mandiri. Kemudian dari 153 kasus konfirmasi COVID-19 tersebut 59 (38,5%) nakes RSUD dr. Loekmono Hadi sudah dinyatakan sembuh. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa vaksinasi COVID-19 bagi nakes efektif mengurangi gejala kesakitan dan risiko kematian.

Hingga Kamis (17/6), nakes dan tenaga penunjang kesehatan di Kudus yang telah divaksinasi dosis pertama mencapai 6.085 orang dan yang telah mendapatkan dosis kedua sebanyak 5.888 orang.

Untuk mengantisipasi dan melakukan intervensi kesehatan di Kudus, Kementerian Kesehatan telah mengalokasikan vaksin COVID-19 sejumlah 50 ribu dosis khusus guna mempercepat cakupan vaksinasi di Kudus. Hal ini merupakan upaya melindungi masyarakat Kudus dari COVID-19 karena terbukti vaksinasi memberikan perlindungan bagi tenaga kesehatan yang sudah mendapatkannya lebih dahulu.

“Untuk saat ini kita sudah menggencarkan vaksinasi secara masal di Kudus, supaya nanti bisa melandaikan penularan COVID-19,” ujar H.M Hartopo, Bupati Kudus, Kamis (10/6) lalu.

Diakui Hartopo, lonjakan kasus COVID-19 berawal dari pemudik yang pulang ke Kudus. “Perlu kita informasikan bahwa masyarakat jangan abai dengan protokol kesehatan meski sudah divaksinasi. Vaksinasi sendiri sebetulnya hanya sarana meningkatkan imunitas. Supaya seandainya terpapar COVID-19 tidak bergejala berat,” terangnya.

Berita ini disiarkan oleh Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Masyarakat, Kementerian Kesehatan RI. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut dapat menghubungi nomor hotline Halo Kemenkes melalui nomor hotline 1500-567, SMS 081281562620, faksimili (021) 5223002, 52921669, dan alamat email [email protected]

Kepala Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Masyarakat

drg. Widyawati, MKM

https://sehatnegeriku.kemkes.go.id/...di-kudus-yang-terpapar-covid-19-telah-sembuh/




ORIGINAL TRANSLATION FROM INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY :

Jakarta, June 17, 2021

The condition of health workers (nakes) in Kudus, Central Java, who had been exposed to COVID-19 due to handling patients in health care facilities have now gradually recovered.

As of June 12, 2021, 308 health workers have been confirmed positive for COVID-19, 277 health workers are in self-isolation treatment, and 193 others have recovered.

“However, today (17/6), 90% of health workers who are self-isolating can start to work and return to serving the community. This is encouraging news. In addition, this also shows that the vaccine given to them is really effective in protecting against the worst conditions," said Head of the Kudus District Health Office, Badai Ismoyo.

The number of health workers in Kudus currently reaches approximately 6000 health workers. With the protection provided through a vaccination program for health workers starting from January-March 2021, health workers in Kudus are less exposed to COVID-19.

“Almost 100% of health workers in Kudus, totaling around 6000 people, have received vaccinations of doses one and two. Of this number, only 308 health workers were exposed or around 5.13% of the total number of health workers and most of them have recovered and have started working again, "Badai said.

Director of Regional General Hospital dr. Loekmono Hadi, dr. Abdul Aziz Achyar conveyed the latest data on Thursday (17/6), that of a total of 153 health workers who were confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 at the hospital, only 11 people (7.1%) were hospitalized, 86 (56%) were hospitalized. self-isolate. Then from the 153 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 59 (38.5%) health workers at RSUD dr. Loekmono Hadi has been declared cured. This shows that COVID-19 vaccination for health workers is effective in reducing symptoms of illness and risk of death.

As of Thursday (17/6), 6,085 health workers and health support personnel in Kudus had been vaccinated with the first dose and 5,888 people had received the second dose.

To anticipate and carry out health interventions in Kudus, the Ministry of Health has allocated 50 thousand special doses of COVID-19 vaccine to accelerate vaccination coverage in Kudus. This is an effort to protect the Kudus community from COVID-19 because it is proven that vaccination provides protection for health workers who have received it first.

"For now, we have intensified mass vaccination in Kudus, so that later it can slow down the transmission of COVID-19," said H.M Hartopo, Regent of Kudus, last Thursday (10/6).

Hartopo admitted, the spike in COVID-19 cases started with homecomers returning to Kudus. "We need to inform people that people should not ignore health protocols even though they have been vaccinated. Vaccination itself is actually only a means of increasing immunity. So that if exposed to COVID-19 there are no severe symptoms," he explained.

This news was broadcast by the Bureau of Communications and Community Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. For further information, please contact the Halo Ministry of Health hotline number via hotline 1500-567, SMS 081281562620, facsimile (021) 5223002, 52921669, and email address [email protected]

Head of Bureau of Communication and Community Service
drg. Widyawati, MKM






FYI : All Indonesian healtcare workers get Sinovac jab.
Contrary to what Western propaganda media & their CIA dogs tell.

Indonesian Health Ministry give proof that SINOVAC Vaccine really Powerful against Covid-19

Thank you China for your Vaccine, Saving the Lives of Indonesian healthcare hero
 

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[19/06, 10:48 am] [ORIGINAL TRANSLATION] INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY : SINOVAC VACCINE PROVEN TO BE REALLY POWERFUL AGAINST COVID-19 !

Jakarta, 17 Juni 2021

Kondisi tenaga kesehatan (nakes) di Kudus, Jawa Tengah, yang sempat terpapar

Direktur Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah dr.
https://sehatnegeriku.kemkes.go.id/...di-kudus-yang-terpapar-covid-19-telah-sembuh/




ORIGINAL TRANSLATION FROM INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY :
[19/06, 11:18 am]: This is contrary to what our MOH is telling us. Perhaps because Temasek is heavily invested in Pfizer??


[19/06, 1:11 pm] didn't I post on that a few days ago
 

LaoTze

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[06/06, 12:09 pm] : Now, the news is out of the bag. It is so obvious, Sinovac refuses to release the special effect data to Singapore government, but only to WHO. WHY? Because, Singapore Government is now a manufacturer by investing in Pfizer and WHO is not. Also, the politics is now changing the previous warnings decision of MOH. " People with serious allergic conditions, should not take mRNA vaccines based on proven results after vaccination from the West.." . MOH warned. Now, because of vaccine war and Singapore government becoming a manufacturer of Pfizer, even the science of severe allergic conditions now change to no issue anymore based on a " New Study" Also, there is no financial assistance to those who suffered accidental attacks from taking other vaccines other than Pfizer and Moderna. Now, the issue is. Is this a government for the people by the people. Or is it a government to divide and rule based on commercial interest and investment by Temasek Holding? New and more effective vaccines of other manufacturers will be available very soon. Cheaper, fast effective and safer methods.... Will it not become another Hyflux? With worldwide campaign hotting up to boycott unsafe vaccine and cheaper alternatives, the vaccine mania will soon die down. Those who invested heavily to turn drainage unclean water into " New Water" has fatten the profits of those who sold them the white elephant New Water expensive filter processing plant that cost billions. To produce pure water, today, what is needed is a sound frequency high voltage transmitter and aim it at the cloud, soon rainfall starts to produce millions of tonnes of water for FREE. Who today want to invest in Hyflux, once touted as a sure winner with the High Tech Processing Plant? Pfizer investment will go the same way? According to the unwritten universal law, there is always a better cheaper and more effective solution just around the corner. If you search for it, nature always have a solution. It is there, only you have to look for it...
[06/06, 12:09 pm] : The author has conflated the vaccine issue with Hiflux. But concerning investment in Pfizer, if indeed it was to secure the vaccine supply, would that have been the only way? Was it not foreseen that a vaccine war was on the horizon, with implications on our wiggle room in the US-Sino contest? Vaccine makers especially PFizer, Astra-Zeneca , Sinopharm, Sinovac were on the same starting blocks and discovered the vaccines about the same time ( unless Pfizer had a head start due to foreknowledge of the pandemic as alleged by some). The western vaccines got FDA and WHO approvals . That FDA not approving Chinese vaccines is clearly political. I have not followed the testing regime in WHO approval and if there were extraneous reasons for its very late approval of Chinese vaccines. But has Singapore , willy nilly, got itself into the politics of the vaccine war and the wider geopolitics? One wonders.
 

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[06/06, 12:09 pm] : Now, the news is out of the bag. It is so obvious, Sinovac refuses to release the special effect data to Singapore government, but only to WHO. WHY? Because, Singapore Government is now a manufacturer by investing in Pfizer and WHO is not. Also, the politics is now changing the previous warnings decision of MOH. " People with serious allergic conditions, should not take mRNA vaccines based on proven results after vaccination from the West.." . MOH warned. Now, because of vaccine war and Singapore government becoming a manufacturer of Pfizer, even the science of severe allergic conditions now change to no issue anymore based on a " New Study" Also, there is no financial assistance to those who suffered accidental attacks from taking other vaccines other than Pfizer and Moderna. Now, the issue is. Is this a government for the people by the people. Or is it a government to divide and rule based on commercial interest and investment by Temasek Holding? New and more effective vaccines of other manufacturers will be available very soon. Cheaper, fast effective and safer methods.... Will it not become another Hyflux? With worldwide campaign hotting up to boycott unsafe vaccine and cheaper alternatives, the vaccine mania will soon die down. Those who invested heavily to turn drainage unclean water into " New Water" has fatten the profits of those who sold them the white elephant New Water expensive filter processing plant that cost billions. To produce pure water, today, what is needed is a sound frequency high voltage transmitter and aim it at the cloud, soon rainfall starts to produce millions of tonnes of water for FREE. Who today want to invest in Hyflux, once touted as a sure winner with the High Tech Processing Plant? Pfizer investment will go the same way? According to the unwritten universal law, there is always a better cheaper and more effective solution just around the corner. If you search for it, nature always have a solution. It is there, only you have to look for it...
[06/06, 12:09 pm] : The author has conflated the vaccine issue with Hiflux. But concerning investment in Pfizer, if indeed it was to secure the vaccine supply, would that have been the only way? Was it not foreseen that a vaccine war was on the horizon, with implications on our wiggle room in the US-Sino contest? Vaccine makers especially PFizer, Astra-Zeneca , Sinopharm, Sinovac were on the same starting blocks and discovered the vaccines about the same time ( unless Pfizer had a head start due to foreknowledge of the pandemic as alleged by some). The western vaccines got FDA and WHO approvals . That FDA not approving Chinese vaccines is clearly political. I have not followed the testing regime in WHO approval and if there were extraneous reasons for its very late approval of Chinese vaccines. But has Singapore , willy nilly, got itself into the politics of the vaccine war and the wider geopolitics? One wonders.
Now, the news is out of the bag. It is so obvious, Sinovac refuses to release the special effect data to Singapore government, but only to WHO. WHY? Because, Singapore Government is now a manufacturer by investing in Pfizer and WHO is not.

Also, the politics is now changing the previous warnings decision of MOH. " People with serious allergic conditions, should not take mRNA vaccines based on proven results after vaccination from the West.." . MOH warned.

Now, because of vaccine war and Singapore government becoming a manufacturer of Pfizer, even the science of severe allergic conditions now change to no issue anymore based on a " New Study"

Also, there is no financial assistance to those who suffered accidental attacks from taking other vaccines other than Pfizer and Moderna. Now, the issue is. Is this a government for the people by the people. Or is it a government to divide and rule based on commercial interest and investment by Temasek Holding? New and more effective vaccines of other manufacturers will be available very soon. Cheaper, fast effective and safer methods.... Will it not become another Hyflux?

With worldwide campaign hotting up to boycott unsafe vaccine and cheaper alternatives, the vaccine mania will soon die down. Those who invested heavily to turn drainage unclean water into " New Water" has fatten the profits of those who sold them the white elephant New Water expensive filter processing plant that cost billions. To produce pure water, today, what is needed is a sound frequency high voltage transmitter and aim it at the cloud, soon rainfall starts to produce millions of tonnes of water for FREE. Who today want to invest in Hyflux, once touted as a sure winner with the High Tech Processing Plant?

Pfizer investment will go the same way? According to the unwritten universal law, there is always a better cheaper and more effective solution just around the corner. If you search for it, nature always have a solution. It is there, only you have to look for it...

[06/06, 12:09 pm] : The author has conflated the vaccine issue with Hiflux. But concerning investment in Pfizer, if indeed it was to secure the vaccine supply, would that have been the only way? Was it not foreseen that a vaccine war was on the horizon, with implications on our wiggle room in the US-Sino contest?

Vaccine makers especially PFizer, Astra-Zeneca , Sinopharm, Sinovac were on the same starting blocks and discovered the vaccines about the same time ( unless Pfizer had a head start due to foreknowledge of the pandemic as alleged by some).

The western vaccines got FDA and WHO approvals . That FDA not approving Chinese vaccines is clearly political. I have not followed the testing regime in WHO approval and if there were extraneous reasons for its very late approval of Chinese vaccines. But has Singapore , willy nilly, got itself into the politics of the vaccine war and the wider geopolitics? One wonders.

I have paragraphed it for easier reading for myself and others who need it.
 

LaoTze

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[ORIGINAL TRANSLATION] INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY : SINOVAC VACCINE PROVEN TO BE REALLY POWERFUL AGAINST COVID-19 !

Jakarta, 17 Juni 2021

Kondisi tenaga kesehatan (nakes) di Kudus, Jawa Tengah, yang sempat terpapar COVID-19 akibat menangani pasien di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan kini telah berangsur pulih.

Hingga 12 Juni 2021, 308 nakes terkonfirmasi positif COVID-19, 277 tenaga kesehatan dalam perawatan isolasi mandiri, dan 193 lainnya sudah dinyatakan sembuh.

“Namun, hari ini (17/6), 90% nakes yang isolasi mandiri sudah bisa mulai masuk kerja dan kembali melayani masyarakat. Ini sebuah berita yang menggembirakan. Selain itu, hal ini juga menunjukkan bahwa vaksin yang diberikan kepada mereka benar-benar efektif melindungi dari kondisi terburuk,” ujar Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Kudus Badai Ismoyo.

Jumlah tenaga kesehatan di Kudus sendiri saat ini mencapai kurang lebih 6000 nakes. Dengan perlindungan yang diberikan melalui program vaksinasi bagi nakes yang dimulai periode Januari-Maret 2021 lalu, nakes di Kudus tidak terlalu banyak terpapar COVID-19.

“Hampir 100% nakes di Kudus yang berjumlah sekitar 6000 orang telah menerima vaksinasi dosis satu dan dua. Dari jumlah tersebut, hanya 308 nakes yang terpapar atau sekitar 5,13% dari jumlah keseluruhan nakes dan sebagian besar di antaranya sudah sembuh dan mulai bekerja kembali,” ujar Badai.

Direktur Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah dr. Loekmono Hadi, dr. Abdul Aziz Achyar menyampaikan data terbaru pada Kamis (17/6), bahwa dari total 153 nakes yang terkonfirmasi kasus positif COVID-19 di rumah sakit tersebut, hanya 11 orang (7,1%) yang dirawat inap, 86 (56%) sisanya melakukan isolasi mandiri. Kemudian dari 153 kasus konfirmasi COVID-19 tersebut 59 (38,5%) nakes RSUD dr. Loekmono Hadi sudah dinyatakan sembuh. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa vaksinasi COVID-19 bagi nakes efektif mengurangi gejala kesakitan dan risiko kematian.

Hingga Kamis (17/6), nakes dan tenaga penunjang kesehatan di Kudus yang telah divaksinasi dosis pertama mencapai 6.085 orang dan yang telah mendapatkan dosis kedua sebanyak 5.888 orang.

Untuk mengantisipasi dan melakukan intervensi kesehatan di Kudus, Kementerian Kesehatan telah mengalokasikan vaksin COVID-19 sejumlah 50 ribu dosis khusus guna mempercepat cakupan vaksinasi di Kudus. Hal ini merupakan upaya melindungi masyarakat Kudus dari COVID-19 karena terbukti vaksinasi memberikan perlindungan bagi tenaga kesehatan yang sudah mendapatkannya lebih dahulu.

“Untuk saat ini kita sudah menggencarkan vaksinasi secara masal di Kudus, supaya nanti bisa melandaikan penularan COVID-19,” ujar H.M Hartopo, Bupati Kudus, Kamis (10/6) lalu.

Diakui Hartopo, lonjakan kasus COVID-19 berawal dari pemudik yang pulang ke Kudus. “Perlu kita informasikan bahwa masyarakat jangan abai dengan protokol kesehatan meski sudah divaksinasi. Vaksinasi sendiri sebetulnya hanya sarana meningkatkan imunitas. Supaya seandainya terpapar COVID-19 tidak bergejala berat,” terangnya.

Berita ini disiarkan oleh Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Masyarakat, Kementerian Kesehatan RI. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut dapat menghubungi nomor hotline Halo Kemenkes melalui nomor hotline 1500-567, SMS 081281562620, faksimili (021) 5223002, 52921669, dan alamat email [email protected]

Kepala Biro Komunikasi dan Pelayanan Masyarakat

drg. Widyawati, MKM

https://sehatnegeriku.kemkes.go.id/...di-kudus-yang-terpapar-covid-19-telah-sembuh/




ORIGINAL TRANSLATION FROM INDONESIAN HEALTH MINISTRY :

Jakarta, June 17, 2021

The condition of health workers (nakes) in Kudus, Central Java, who had been exposed to COVID-19 due to handling patients in health care facilities have now gradually recovered.

As of June 12, 2021, 308 health workers have been confirmed positive for COVID-19, 277 health workers are in self-isolation treatment, and 193 others have recovered.

“However, today (17/6), 90% of health workers who are self-isolating can start to work and return to serving the community. This is encouraging news. In addition, this also shows that the vaccine given to them is really effective in protecting against the worst conditions," said Head of the Kudus District Health Office, Badai Ismoyo.

The number of health workers in Kudus currently reaches approximately 6000 health workers. With the protection provided through a vaccination program for health workers starting from January-March 2021, health workers in Kudus are less exposed to COVID-19.

“Almost 100% of health workers in Kudus, totaling around 6000 people, have received vaccinations of doses one and two. Of this number, only 308 health workers were exposed or around 5.13% of the total number of health workers and most of them have recovered and have started working again, "Badai said.

Director of Regional General Hospital dr. Loekmono Hadi, dr. Abdul Aziz Achyar conveyed the latest data on Thursday (17/6), that of a total of 153 health workers who were confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 at the hospital, only 11 people (7.1%) were hospitalized, 86 (56%) were hospitalized. self-isolate. Then from the 153 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 59 (38.5%) health workers at RSUD dr. Loekmono Hadi has been declared cured. This shows that COVID-19 vaccination for health workers is effective in reducing symptoms of illness and risk of death.

As of Thursday (17/6), 6,085 health workers and health support personnel in Kudus had been vaccinated with the first dose and 5,888 people had received the second dose.

To anticipate and carry out health interventions in Kudus, the Ministry of Health has allocated 50 thousand special doses of COVID-19 vaccine to accelerate vaccination coverage in Kudus. This is an effort to protect the Kudus community from COVID-19 because it is proven that vaccination provides protection for health workers who have received it first.

"For now, we have intensified mass vaccination in Kudus, so that later it can slow down the transmission of COVID-19," said H.M Hartopo, Regent of Kudus, last Thursday (10/6).

Hartopo admitted, the spike in COVID-19 cases started with homecomers returning to Kudus. "We need to inform people that people should not ignore health protocols even though they have been vaccinated. Vaccination itself is actually only a means of increasing immunity. So that if exposed to COVID-19 there are no severe symptoms," he explained.

This news was broadcast by the Bureau of Communications and Community Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. For further information, please contact the Halo Ministry of Health hotline number via hotline 1500-567, SMS 081281562620, facsimile (021) 5223002, 52921669, and email address [email protected]

Head of Bureau of Communication and Community Service
drg. Widyawati, MKM






FYI : All Indonesian healtcare workers get Sinovac jab.
Contrary to what Western propaganda media & their CIA dogs tell.

Indonesian Health Ministry give proof that SINOVAC Vaccine really Powerful against Covid-19

Thank you China for your Vaccine, Saving the Lives of Indonesian healthcare hero



The Indonesian article is so favourable towards Sinovac, whereas this Kenneth Mak from MOH only sees the 300 infected cases and not the good recovery numbers. Typical of PAP misquoting data to us as though we are 10 year old morons.
 

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Are those infected Indonesian doctors this kind of doctor, the kind that performs black magic ?

B4B705E2-D733-4509-8279-259AB79445C7.jpg
 

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The sinovac was made before the Indian variant appeared. So naturally it does not give the human body antigens to fight against this new strain.

It should however protect the person from serious inflammatory response since the covid19 virus is no longer a new pathogen to the immune system
 

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Those doctors probably died due to heat stroke having to don the anti virus plastic attire all day. Can you imagine the heat inside.plus lack of fresh air,
 

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Those doctors probably died due to heat stroke having to don the anti virus plastic attire all day. Can you imagine the heat inside.plus lack of fresh air,
could be constipation, fart, and bad breath recirculating in the hazmat suit.
 

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In Indonesia, scores of medical workers are dying, some as young as 29
A doctor attends to a baby with COVID-19 at an Indonesian hospital
A doctor attends to a baby with COVID-19 at an Indonesian hospital.( AFP: Aditya Aji )
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The COVID-19 ward at the Jakarta hospital where resident doctor Amira* works is over capacity, but patients continue to arrive at the emergency department around the clock with coronavirus symptoms.

Key points:
Hundreds of Indonesian doctors and healthcare workers have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic
Junior doctors, including those still in training, have been compelled to work on the front lines
Moderna doses sent from the US will be given to healthcare workers, after a number died despite being vaccinated with the Sinovac shot
The 30-year-old spoke to the ABC on the condition of anonymity as she feared speaking out could jeopardise her career.

"In the non-COVID ward it is not uncommon to find patients whose condition is deteriorating, and finally a [swab test] shows they are positive for COVID," she said.

It's a disaster playing out at hospitals across Indonesia.

The South-East Asian nation hit yet another a daily record on Tuesday, reporting 47,899 new cases.

People sit on the floor outside the emergency ward of a hospital that cannot take any more patients
Indonesian hospitals are struggling to cope with patient numbers during the pandemic.( AP: Trisnadi )
As its fragile health system is overwhelmed, young medical graduates and trainee doctors are being recruited to the front lines of Indonesia's COVID-19 fight — especially as senior colleagues die.

"All of us have to treat COVID patients," Debryna Dewi Lumanauw, a Jakarta-based doctor, said.

Indonesian doctors dying 'almost every week'
At least 434 Indonesian doctors have died from COVID-19, the Indonesian Doctors Association reported on July 5.

Five of them were resident doctors.

Days after these figures were reported, yet another resident doctor passed away.

Aliy Akbar Hasan Al Buyani, a 29-year-old resident doctor from the obstetrics and gynaecology faculty at Airlangga University in Surabaya, died of COVID-19 last Thursday.

His father — also a doctor — died of COVID-19 three days prior, while Dr Al Buyani's brother had also tested positive for coronavirus, the university said.

Classmates described him as "diligent" but also cheerful and always wanting to make his friends laugh.

Dr Lumanauw, who is also 29, said the work was taking a toll.

A female doctor takes a selfie with markings on her face from goggles
Dr Lumanauw says Indonesian doctors are dangerously sleep deprived.( Supplied )
"All my friends are falling down. All of us are sick, or were sick. Everybody who works along with us [are] collapsing.

"We have to continue doing our jobs [but] when we work more than we can we are actually exposing ourselves to more danger.

"That also means we are exposing our family, the people that live in our house," Dr Lumanauw said.

Amira said it caused worry and anxiety that "almost every week there is news of another doctor who died".

"But it is undeniable that we are getting saturated with the news," she said.

"[We are] starting to become resigned to the situation."

Andi Khomeini Takdir Haruni, head of Indonesia's Junior Doctors Association, said: "The stress and anxiety of this pandemic is being felt across almost all provinces, especially in the cities.

"Sometimes we feel mentally down, burned out, and our workloads are huge. But we continue to support each other.

"We pray that the pandemic will soon be under control."

According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, Indonesia has just 4.65 doctors per 10,000 people — compared with 37.6 in Australia.

"Indonesia can't control the pandemic like in Singapore, Thailand, where they have good health systems," Jane Soepardi, a Jakarta-based epidemiologist, said.

There are public health restrictions in place, including stay-at-home orders on the islands of Java and Bali, but Dr Soepardi said many people in the community were still not complying.

"There are regulations, but the enforcement is poor, very poor," she said.

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Indonesia's children have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis.
Government provides incentives for young doctors
Early on in the pandemic, many young Indonesian doctors working on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus were not even being paid.

Indonesia's resident doctors — medical graduates training to become specialists — do not generally receive a salary.

Instead, they pay high fees to their universities while doing placements at hospitals.

During the pandemic, however, senior doctors and academics have pushed for the government to pay the trainees, and now they are provided financial "incentives" to work with COVID-19 patients.

In May, the government announced it would boost the incentive payment to 12.5 million rupiah ($1,150) a month.

A doctor (right) prepares to receive a vaccine for COVID-19 at a Jakarta hospital
Moderna doses from the US will be used to provide booster jabs for Indonesian health workers.( AFP: Adek Berry )
Dr Soepardi said medicine graduates were being recruited to work in hospitals even before they had a chance to undertake a residency.

"They're being recruited for working in hospitals that are overloaded, especially in Jakarta," she said.

A woman gestures as she speaks into a microphone at a conference
Dr Soepardi says health facilities in rural parts of Indonesia are far weaker than in the cities.( Supplied )
"They're not forced to work, but because they want to be admitted to residency programs later, they are afraid not to sign up."

Moderna boosters for healthcare workers
The United States announced 3 million doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Indonesia this week, with the jabs to be used to provide third booster shots to healthcare workers.

At least 10 out of 26 Indonesian doctors who died of coronavirus in June had been vaccinated with the Chinese Sinovac vaccine, which has been approved for emergency use by the WHO.

"With new variants emerging, vaccinating as many people as possible — as quickly as possible — is critical," US ambassador Sung Y Kim said.

The US has promised a further 1 million Moderna doses to Indonesia through the WHO's COVAX program.

Medical workers have also reported shortages of oxygen, personal protection equipment (PPE) and other equipment.

A paramedic pushes an oxygen tank at the emergency ward of an overcrowded hospital
The world's fourth most populous country is running out of oxygen.( AP: Trisnadi )
"Me and some friends just bring our own PPE so we can change it every day," Amira said.

Australia this month announced it would urgently send medical equipment, including 1,000 ventilators and 700 oxygen concentrators, to Indonesia, as well as 2.5 million AstraZeneca doses before the end of the year.

But given the country's shortage of healthcare workers, some say medical personnel are needed too.

"The district [health systems] are very weak," Dr Soepardi said.

For Dr Lumanauw, however, the needs of Indonesian doctors are more immediate.

"What we need most right now is probably just sleep. We have not slept for a long time," she said.

*Name has been changed to protect their identity.
 
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