Children now make up about 12.5 per cent of the country’s confirmed cases, an increase over previous months, said Prof Pulungan.
However, he pointed out that the data may not necessarily showcase the true scale of the situation, as COVID-19 testing in Indonesia is low at between 100,000 and 200,000 daily tests in the country of 270 million people.
With more than 3.6 million cases and 104,000 deaths so far, experts are worried more children will die. They have urged the authorities to take immediate actions to prevent more deaths.
HEIGHTENED RISK FOR INFANTS
Another parent who had to endure the loss of a child is Mdm Tantien Hermawati, 35.
Recounting the day when she lost her baby last December, the housewife from Tuban regency, East Java, said the obstetrician detected a heart defect in her fetus during the eighth month of pregnancy.
She was advised to seek treatment in East Java’s capital Surabaya but was hesitant because COVID-19 cases were raging there.
She managed to give birth normally in Tuban, but after 1.5 months, those around her noted that her baby appeared to be “blue”.
Mdm Hermawati eventually went to Surabaya and the baby underwent a cardiac catheterisation to diagnose and treat heart conditions.
It was unsuccessful and her child needed to undergo a second operation. He was swabbed and tested positive.
“My baby was isolated for about 14 days until he passed away in December 2020,” she told CNA.
She did not know how he contracted the virus and she herself was negative for COVID-19.
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