Seven Jambi Residents Exposed To COVID-19 Delta Variant-19

JAMBI - The Jambi Province COVID-19 Task Force stated that seven Jambi residents who were being treated at the Raden Mattaher Regional General Hospital (RSUD) were exposed to the Delta variant of COVID-19.

"Seven Jambi residents have been confirmed positive for the Delta variant of COVID-19 and are being treated at the Raden Mattaher Jambi Regional Hospital," said Jambi Province COVID-19 Task Force spokesman Johansyah as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, July 28.

Johansyah explained, the Raden Mattaher Jambi hospital sent 454 samples to the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology led by Prof. Amen Subandrio. Based on the sample sent to Jakarta, it was found that the virus variants of Delta ay1 and ay2 were found.

On July 26, 2021 yesterday, the letter of the results of the examination reached the Director of Raden Mattaher Hospital. And as a result, two people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 for the Delta ay1 variant and five people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 for the Delta ay3 variant.

"The public should be more vigilant, because there are already patients with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Jambi Province, if you experience symptoms of fever, runny nose and cough and joint pain, immediately check your health," said Johansyah.

This is because the transmission of the Delta variant of COVID-19 is happening so fast. Not like COVID-19 in general. So that the public is urged to be more vigilant and more disciplined in carrying out the COVID-19 health protocol.

Meanwhile, until now there have been 18,627 Jambi residents who have been confirmed positive for COVID-19. With details 13,728 patients have been declared cured, 4,458 patients are still in the treatment process and 385 COVID-19 patients in the area have died.