Indonesia’s govt calls for public vigilance over emerging Covid-19 subvariants

EG.5, informally dubbed “Eris”, and EG.2 had become the dominant Omicron subvariants in Indonesia. - PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): The Health Ministry has urged greater vigilance amid a recent uptick in cases of new Covid-19 subvariants, both in the country and around the globe, while reassuring the public on the availability of vaccines.

Health Ministry spokesman Siti Nadia Tarmizi told The Jakarta Post on Dec 5 that the number of novel coronavirus infections had risen “from previously only 10 to 20 cases weekly to 267 cases last week”.