Indonesia on high alert for community transmission as Omicron cases jump to 46

In this file photo taken on March 21, 2020, members of the Indonesian Red Cross prepare to sterilize the Kemayoran athletes village in Jakarta for use as a Covid-19 quarantine and emergency hospital. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Dec 27 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Health experts have called on the government to brace for the worst and to ready nationwide mitigation against the Omicron variant, as new cases of the recently discovered Covid-19 variant nearly doubled last week to spark fears of community transmission.

Health Ministry spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi confirmed with The Jakarta Post on Sunday that 26 Omicron cases had been detected among recent international arrivals, including 25 Indonesian citizens and one Nigerian national.