We are Better Prepared for Omicron

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin believes that the government is better prepared in facing the spread of the Omicron variant. Minister Budi explains the government’s strategy to keep the new variant at bay to Tempo.

Raymundus Rikang

January 3, 2022

SINCE the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was detected in other countries at the end of November 2021, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has held six special meetings with President Joko Widodo. He continued to report the spread of the strain in various countries. As of Saturday, 1 January, 136 Omicron cases had been confirmed in Indonesia.

Budi said the government has had plenty to learn from its experience in managing the Delta variant, w

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