Health Ministry spokeswoman Siti Nadia Tarmizi told The Jakarta Post on Dec 5 that the number of coronavirus infections had risen "from previously only 10 to 20 cases weekly to 267 cases last week".
Data from the ministry released on Dec 6 shows a daily increase of Covid-19 infections by "35 to 40 cases" and an increase in hospitalisations by "60 to 131 cases". The ministry's data also shows a rise in Covid-19 deaths in the past week by "zero to three" cases, but Dr Siti declined to provide the total number of Covid-19 deaths over the same period.
EG.5, informally dubbed "Eris", and EG.2 had become the dominant Omicron subvariants in Indonesia, Dr Siti added, but did not say how many confirmed cases had been linked to them.
EG.5 infections show symptoms similar to those of other subvariants, including fever, fatigue, runny nose and sore throat.
In August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classified EG.5 and its sub-lineages HK.3 and HV.1 as variants of interest (VOIs).
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