Risma: Many COVID-19 Patients Infected Their Families While Isolated Independently At Home

Mayor of Surabaya Tri Rismaharini (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini, asked positive COVID-19 patients, both those who live in elite housing and in large houses, to carry out independent isolation in a separate place from their family members. Because, when that is not done, it will infect other members.

"Often patients say they can isolate independently because of big houses. In fact, from the data I read, many of them live in big houses, but eventually one family is affected by all of them," said Risma, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, July 29.

According to Risma, not everyone has the same condition and immunity. That is the reason Risma asked the first person to be positive for COVID-19, to immediately change places for independent isolation, either in the Hajj Dormitory or other safe quarantine places.

"That's why now I'm trying how we can seduce the first positive patient to isolate independently," he said.

He gave an example, in the house there were children or the elderly who were also susceptible to infection. Although physically there is no contact, if you stay in the same house, the risk is still considered quite large.

"But sometimes what about dirty clothes. In the end, one family gets infected. The problem is that there are strong ones, some are babies, some are still children. This will continue in one family," he said.

When the chain of transmission in the house is not broken, he continued, it is feared that it will continue to rotate between family members in the house. Therefore, Risma hopes that patients will do independent isolation in a separate place with their families.

"For example, if the child is negative, the mother is infected again and so on. Therefore, I ask that the first patient is positive for isolation so that other families do not get infected," he said.

Apart from all that, he said, the various efforts that have been made by the Surabaya City Government in dealing with this pandemic have turned out to be fruitful. The proof, the recovery rate from day to day is increasing drastically.

Head of the Surabaya Health Office, Febria Rachmanita, added that based on the latest data as of today, patients who have recovered continue to increase, until now the cumulative recovery rate is 5,001 people. Meanwhile, there were 1,371 outpatients.

"There are 1,174 hospitalizations and guests of the Hajj Dormitory, currently 248 people," he said.