The Red Giant’s Arrival
Monday, April 17, 2023
Covid cases are expected to spike following the Idul Fitri holiday, due to the Arcturus variant. Not many people have had vaccine boosters.
THE WhatsApp group containing Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin and several epidemiologists was boisterous on Thursday, April 13, from the afternoon until nighttime. Messages were sent to the group after the health ministry announced that as Idul Fitri (end of fasting month celebration) approaches, two people have been infected with a subvariant of Covid-19 XBB.1.16, or Omicron, namely, the Arcturus.
Iwan Ariawan, an epidemiologist from the Un
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