Dozens Of Students And Teachers In Denpasar Positive For COVID-19, Dozens Of Schools Closed For 2 Weeks

DENPASAR - Dozens of elementary and junior high school students were confirmed to have COVID-19 after the Denpasar, Bali City Government conducted a PCR test. The school was closed for 2 weeks.

"There are 31 students and 6 teachers (positive for Covid-19), since November 11 a random sampling has been conducted," said spokesman for the Denpasar, Bali COVID-19 Task Force, Dewa Gede Rai when contacted, Monday, November 29.

According to him, the students and teachers were categorized as asymptomatic people (OTG). The students and teachers from 15 elementary and junior high schools in Denpasar are currently in self-isolation.

"From those 31, around 15 schools. We carry out tests according to the SOP from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, since the limited PTM option has been carried out, it must be mandatory to conduct swab sampling of students who do PTM. From the swab test that we do randomly or sampling there are around 1,470 students and 479 teachers, we found there were 31 students and 6 teachers (positive for COVID-19)," he explained.

According to Gede Rai, since the face-to-face learning (PTM) was held on October 1, hundreds of schools in Denpasar, have implemented PTM which was attended by mothers and hundreds of teachers.

Then on November 11, a random PCR test was conducted on thousands of students and hundreds of teachers.

From schools where it is known that students and teachers are positive for COVID-19, teaching and learning activities are temporarily suspended for two weeks.

"Since it was found on November 11, the school has been closed for two weeks. If it is not found, it will continue with limited PTM," said Gede Rai.

According to him, students exposed to the corona can occur in the school environment, family or playground.

"With these findings, in accordance with the Implementation Guidelines (Juklak) and Technical Instructions (Juknis), we are more careful and vigilant and the process is implemented everywhere, not only at school, activities outside the house when going to public places or in public places. crowds, it is a process that must be carried out with discipline and strictness. Because transmission can occur anywhere, when in close contact with other people, "said Gede Rai.