Istora Senayan Becomes A Shelter For Covid-19 Patients, Is It True?

JAKARTA - Twitter has circulated a video showing an indoor sports field full of people on Twitter.

This upload from the @Avengers Twitter account, "affixing the narrative Istora senayan seems to have been used to accommodate Covid _19 patients ... Maintain health protocol #infoupdate #coronavirus".

Istora Senayan seems to have been used to accommodate Covid _19 patients ... Maintain health protocols #infoupdate #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/CBayprMlxb

- @Avengers (@ Avengers_02) December 28, 2020

From the VOI team's investigation, the information regarding the use of Istora Senayan as a shelter for COVID-19 patients is a hoax.

Reporting from Antaranews, Monday, December 28, the Bung Karno Complex Management Center, in an official statement received by ANTARA, stated that the video claiming to be the Istora Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, as a shelter for COVID-19 patients is hoax.

"The management of the Bung Karno Gelora Complex (GBK) stated that the news was untrue. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Istora GBK was not used or used for any activity," said the official statement of PPK GBK.

Meanwhile, as reported by Tempo, the Head of Istora Senayan Unit, Jujuk Bandung Windargo, was related to the hoax that made history in the national badminton sport. Jujuk said Istora Senayan was empty because there was no activity schedule.

"It's a hoax video," said Jujuk, Monday, December 28.

Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol. Yusri Yunus stated that Polda Metro officers had checked directly to the location to ensure videos that went viral on social media.

"We have checked, there is no information about COVID-19 patients being accommodated at Istora Senayan. That's a hoax," said Yusri as reported by Bisnis.com.