Horrifying, COVID-19 Cluster Emerges After Eid Al-Fitr

JAKARTA - A few days after the Eid al-Fitr holiday ended, the COVID-19 cluster in the residential neighborhood began to emerge. The Eid cluster appeared in Cipayung And Garut.

It is noted that there are tens to hundreds of COVID-19 positive residents in each of these neighborhoods. This is known after contact tracing from a handful of residents who were first positive corona.

104 Cases in Cipayung

Since the discovery of dozens of cases of COVID-19 since a few days ago, residents of RT 3 RW 3 Cilangkap Subdistrict, Cipayung Subdistrict, East Jakarta who were exposed to corona increased to 104 cases from 691 residents living in rt.

Cipayung Sub-District Head, Fajar Eko Satrio tells the initial chronology of this event. Initially, during Eid, there was one large family who were local residents to interact during Eid. At the time, one of the family members was known to have asthma.

"Here there is one family, one large family, one village at the time of their holiday interaction. Incidentally do not know anyone is sick, respiratory pain or asthma," said Fajar on Sunday, May 23.

A person who is short of breath only suspects that he has asthma which is his congenital disease, eventually, he continues to interact. He did not know he was infected with COVID-19, so he continued to interact with the people around him and there was transmission.

"The person concerned also does not know so it is still interacting and the spread is fast," he said.

A total of 51 people were taken to the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital Wisma Atlet Kemayoran. The rest, do self-isolation in their own homes. RT cluster Eid is locked down until June 2.

35 cases in Garut

The Task Force on Handling COVID-19 in Garut, West Java, recorded 37 villagers confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. Currently, it temporarily closes access in and out of Banjarsari Village in Hegarmanah Village, Bungbulang District.

"The village is locked down (closed access), continues to be carried out tracing (tracking)," said Public Relations Task Force Handling COVID-19 Garut Yeni Yunita in Garut.

According to her, access in and out of Banjarsari Village is closed until May 27, 2021, to prevent the widespread transmission of COVID-19.

The task force deployed teams to support control of COVID-19 transmission in the village, including monitoring citizen activities, conducting case searches, and disinfecting the area.

According to the Head of Bungbulang District, Caca Rifai, checks to detect COVID-19 transmission were also conducted on all residents of Banjarsari Village.

"Residents from outside are not allowed to enter, those who have not been confirmed the condition (free of COVID-19) should not go out," she said.

The number of COVID-19 sufferers in Banjarsari Village is 37 people. Patients who experience severe symptoms undergo quarantine in the hospital and patients with mild or asymptomatic symptoms undergo quarantine at the Hegarmanah Village Sports Hall (GOR).

"In the Village Sports Hall, (patients) are supervised by health workers, there are officers who continue to monitor," said Caca Rifai.