Students Of SDN Cipinang Muara 01 Undergo PCR Test, Principal: If There Is Transmission Below 5 Percent, School Is Closed For 7 Days

JAKARTA - Principal of SDN Cipinang Muara 01, Osep Saepudin said, as many as 63 students from SDN Cipinang Muara 01, Jatinegara, East Jakarta began to undergo PCR tests to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variant Omicron. The PCR test was carried out after 100 percent face-to-face learning (PTM).

"The goal is to find out after the 100 percent PTM, whether there are transmissions, clusters and others," Osep told reporters, Monday, January 10.

Osep added that the PCR test was carried out in collaboration with the Cipinang Muara Village Health Center. Meanwhile, the students who took the PCR test were from grade 6 SD.

"If there is transmission below five percent, it's only seven days off," he said.

Meanwhile, if the positive result for COVID-19 is above five percent, the school will be temporarily closed and learning will continue online.

"If there is a cluster of more than five percent, according to the Decree of the Four Ministers, it will be closed for 14 days. They will learn online again," he said.