2 More Indonesians Confirmed Positive for COVID-19
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Dewi Elvia Muthiariny
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Markus Wisnu Murti
Jumat, 6 Maret 2020 18:10 WIB
An employee of state-run railway company PT KAI gives a face mask to a would-be passenger during an event on the prevention of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 at Depok Station, Depok city, West Java, Friday, March 6, 2020. TEMPO/M Taufan Rengganis
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The national spokesman for the COVID-19 mitigation, Achmad Yurianto, announced that two more Indonesians had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The two patients were confirmed of having contracted the virus after Jakarta Health Agency traced people who made contact with Case 1 and Case 2 (contact tracing).
The first two cases of the new coronavirus in Indonesia were Depok residents who were infected by the virus from a Japanese national during a dance event in Jakarta.
From this cluster, the Health Agency checked 80 people suspected of having made contact with the first two patients. Seven of them apparently made close contact with Case 1 and Case 2.
“After we checked, two are confirmed positive. We name them Case 3 and 4. Their current body temperatures are 37.6 and 37.7 degrees Celcius, respectively,” said Yurianto at the Presidential Office, Jakarta on Friday, March 6.
