Yogyakarta Task Force Finds Cases Of Elementary School Students From The Sedayu Cluster Bantul

JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta COVID-19 Handling Task Force (Satgas) found that one student who was in elementary school (SD) in the city was exposed to COVID-19 from the results of the Sedayu cluster tracing, Bantul Regency. to all of the student's close contacts, both to classmates and other close contacts. There are 19 people," said Heroe Poerwadi, Daily Chair of the Yogyakarta COVID-19 Handling Task Force in Yogyakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, November 14. According to him, the student had attended face-to-face learning for two days before it was discovered he was exposed. He was exposed from his family. Based on the results of the tests carried out, he confirmed that there was no transmission from these findings because all close contacts showed negative test results. “Alhamdulillah, all close contacts showed negative test results. This is the importance of implementing strict health protocols in various daily activities," he said. In order to anticipate the potential for transmission because COVID-19 still exists, his party has started screening students and teachers from other schools who are conducting face-to-face learning. Screening is carried out through sampling with the rapid test antigen method. In addition to students and teachers, random screening is also carried out on employees within the Yogyakarta City Government who work daily in the public service sector. "A random screening has been carried out and the results are all negative," he said.

Heroe who is also the Deputy Mayor of Yogyakarta also hopes that the community will continue to apply strict health protocols in their daily activities because currently social and economic activities are gradually recovering. “The 5M health protocol must still be carried out. If there are activities that have the potential to cause crowds, they must obtain permission from the local task force,” he said. On Sunday (14/11), there was an additional case of COVID-19 in the city of Yogyakarta with four patients recovering or completing isolation and no patient dying. Thus, the total active cases in the city remain 33 cases.