Jakarta's COVID-19 Positivity Rate at 17%, Exceeding WHO's Ideal Threshold
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The Covid-19 positivity rate in Jakarta is still far above the WHO's ideal threshold. The UN health agency sets a maximum positivity rate of 5% based on the number of tests conducted. However, as of September 13th, Jakarta's rate reached 17.4%.
On August 25th, Jakarta's positivity rate was 6.5%. However, DKI Jakarta's positivity rate has shown an upward trend.
DKI Jakarta is a region capable of meeting the WHO's standard for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing reach. However, the WHO also highlighted the increase in Covid-19 cases in the region. It turned out that DKI Jakarta has focused on repeat testing of confirmed patients, resulting in many new cases being addressed too late.
The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has decided to re-implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). This policy was implemented after the local government predicted that the capacity of Covid-19 referral hospitals would be full by mid-September 2020.
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