Indonesia's 3rd wave of COVID-19 expected to peak in mid-February: health ministry

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JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The peak of the third wave of COVID-19 transmissions in Indonesia triggered by the Omicron variant is expected to occur in mid-February, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The peak will probably happen in the second or third week of February, with daily cases up to 40,000 to 55,000, spokesperson for the Health Ministry's COVID-19 vaccination program Siti Nadia Tarmizi said.

As of Monday, the country has recorded 506 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, including 84 local transmissions, as well as 1,384 probable cases of Omicron based on the S-gene target failure (SGTF) swab test method.

Thousands of probable Omicron cases are currently in the process of whole genome sequencing, Tarmizi said, adding that the daily number of COVID-19 cases in the country continues to rise with 793 new cases recorded on Thursday, which has brought the total tally to 4,268,890.

Indonesia has managed to cope with the second wave of transmissions of the Delta variant, which saw a peak of 56,757 cases on July 15. Enditem

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