After Traveling To Yogyakarta, MAN 22 Teachers And Employees Exposed To COVID-19 And Become Clusters

Situation of West Jakarta State Madrasah Aliyah (MAN) 22 which became the COVID-19 cluster because 33 positive teachers were exposed after traveling to Yogyakarta (Divi Nindy / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of DKI Jakarta regrets that West Jakarta teachers and employees of Madrasah Aliyah Administration (MAN) 22 traveled to Yogyakarta, causing the COVID-19 cluster.

"Never mind the permits, formally or informally they did not give us permission, or there was no minimum notification at all," said Head of Madrasah Education at DKI Jakarta Regional Office Nur Pawaiddudin in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Thursday, December 3.

Nur admitted that she just learned about the activities of West Jakarta MAN 22 teachers visiting Yogyakarta after hearing the news of the transmission of COVID-19.

According to the school's information received by Nur, teachers and employees visited Yogyakarta on 20-23 November 2020 in order to release the Principal of MAN 22 for entering full service.

There were 47 teachers who took the trip with a bus unit with a capacity of 60 people, and a small car.

The teachers apparently did not check their health, either by rapid test or swab test before leaving or after leaving the city.

His party clarified that during the trip not a single MAN 22 West Jakarta student was involved and exposed to COVID-19.

"So, we blame the trip to Yogya, because we travel in conditions like this. But certainly not students," said Nur.

Previously, Head of Palmerah Sub-district Firman Ibrahim revealed that as many as 33 West Jakarta Public Madrasah Aliyah (MAN) teachers were detected by COVID-19 so that they became suspected clusters after traveling to Yogyakarta.

The teacher cluster was revealed starting from a report on November 28, 2020 regarding two teachers who were confirmed positive for COVID-19, then contact tracing was carried out.

"When there is a confirmation case, we immediately spray the school. We carry out our obligation to trace the data," said Firman Ibrahim.