Indonesians reminded to avoid outdoor activities amid rising COVID-19 cases
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged local people to limit outdoor activities, and work from home in the context of rising COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant transmission in the country.
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Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo has urged local people to limit outdoor activities, and work fromhome in the context of rising COVID-19 cases caused bythe Omicron variant transmission in the country.
In a statement broadcasted on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube channel onJanuary 18, Widodo said that if there are no urgent matters it is better toreduce activities in the crowd.
He asked people to refrain from travelingabroad, wear masks, maintain distance and wash hands, as well as immediately get a booster shot against COVID-19.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Ministry of Healthreported that the Southeast Asian nation confirmed more 3,245 COVID-19 cases and18 deaths on January 18, lifting the total number of infections andfatalities to 2,813,934and 31,808, respectively.
According to Director-General of theministry Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah, another 186 Omicron cases were detectedbetween January 14 -18, bringing the cumulative number of Omicron infections to 439.
Malaysia has actively implemented vaccination of booster shotsin parallel with preparation for COVID-19 injection for childrenaged between 5-11.
As of January 17, a total of 9,609,454 individuals (41 percent)of the adult population in the country received the COVID-19 booster doses.Meanwhile, 2,775,059 people (88.2 percent) aged 12 – 17 completed theirvaccination./.
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Indonesia’s ongoing transformations, including the switch to value-added economic activities, green energy development, and the digital economy, must continue despite the adverse impacts of COVID-19, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said.
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Checking the body temperature for people in Indonesia (Photo: //en.tempo.co/) 
