Of The 20 Thousand People Who Took Part In The Rapid Test In Jakarta, 400 Were Positive For COVID-19

JAKARTA - The results of the rapid test (rapid test) of COVID-19 cases to 20,532 people, as many as 428 people tested positive and 20,104 people tested negative for COVID-19. This is the result of examinations since the DKI Provincial Government received a rapid test from the central government until Wednesday, April 2.

"This rapid test has been carried out in six cities and districts, as well as PPKP or DKI Jakarta Employee Health Service Center," said Head of the Public Health Division of the DKI Health Service, Fify Mulyani, at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Friday, April 3.

The details, of the 1,531 rapid tests in Central Jakarta, 17 people tested positive and 1,514 negative (positive 1.1 percent). Of the 3,947 rapid tests in North Jakarta, 58 people tested positive and 3,887 negative (positive 1.5 percent).

Then, from 4,313 rapid tests in West Jakarta, 177 people tested positive and 4,136 negative (positive 4.1 percent). Then, from 4,559 rapid tests in South Jakarta, 51 people tested positive and 4,510 negative (positive 1.1 percent).

Furthermore, from 5,800 rapid tests in East Jakarta, 111 people tested positive and 5,689 negative (positive 1.9 percent). Meanwhile, of the 52 rapid tests in the Seribu Islands, 1 person tested positive and 51 negative (positive 1.9 percent). And, of the 330 rapid tests in the PPKP scope, 13 people tested positive and 317 negative (positive 4.1 percent).

From the official website of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, corona.jakarta.go.id, today at 09.00 WIB, positive cases of COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta have reached 958 cases. Of the total cases, as many as 611 patients were hospitalized, 197 were self-isolated at home, 54 people recovered, and 96 people died.

A total of 2,009 people were included in patients under surveillance (PDP), with details of 819 of whom were still undergoing treatment, and 1,990 people had returned home for treatment. Meanwhile, 2470 people were included as people under monitoring (ODP), with 505 still undergoing the monitoring process and 1,965 having been monitored.

On Tuesday, March 24, the central government, through the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19, distributed 125 thousand COVID-19 test kits to all provinces in Indonesia.

However, the tests have not been carried out evenly. Due to the limited number of antibody testing tools, the government has prioritized the two groups to undergo rapid test examinations first.

First, to people who had close contact through contact tracing with patients who had tested positive, both those who were hospitalized and self-isolating at home.

"Part of tracing the contacts of families who live at home, we must check everything. If during the journey of contact during the time before being sick, it turns out that there is a history of him having worked at his place of work, and there is a work environment that also has the possibility of close contact," said a government spokesman. for handling the COVID-19 virus Achmad Yurianto.

The second priority for receiving a rapid test, said Yuri, is a health worker serving COVID-19 patients. Examinations are carried out thoroughly, starting from doctors, nurses, hospital cleaners, to front office services.

"We know that they are a sensitive group to be susceptible to being infected with COVID-19. This is our priority for the rapid examination in the first stage," said Yuri.