Yesterday, Budi explained that three cleaners at the Wisma Atlet RSDC showed positive results for COVID-19. They were exposed to COVID-19 as of December 8 last.
Then, the WGS sample of this janitor was sent to the Balitbangkes of the Ministry of Health on December 10, 2021, to carry out a whole genome sequencing examination.
As a result, one in three cases was exposed to the Omicron variant as of December 15th. They have now returned to PCR and showed negative results.
"There are 3 cleaning workers at the Wisma Atlet RSDC who tested positive for PCR, but one person confirmed positive for Omicron on December 15," Budi said in a virtual press conference, Thursday, December 16.
Budi said the three positive people, including one case of Omicron, had been quarantined at the Wisma Atlet and had no symptoms, had no fever or cough.
"They have taken a second PCR, and the PCR results are all negative," said Budi.
Furthermore, Budi said there were also 5 probable cases of Omicron, two cases were Indonesian citizens who had just returned from the United States and England, both of whom were being isolated at Wisma Athletes. Then, foreigners from China who landed in Manado.
"Once again, these five people are still probable because they have just been tested by PCR with special markers and the positive PCR samples from these five probable cases have been sent to Balitbangkes and we are running genome sequencing tests, in the next three days we can confirm whether this Omicron is true or not," he said.
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Previous Omicron issue
On Wednesday, December 8, the Bekasi Regency Government, West Java revealed that it found four residents exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 based on the results of the whole genome sequencing (WGS) examination.
This was revealed by the Head of the Bekasi District Health Office, Sri Enny Mainiarti, on the official website of eksikab.go.id. Sri said the four Omicron cases found in Bekasi were residents of Jakarta.
"So the 4 residents who were exposed to the Omicron virus were not residents of Bekasi Regency but residents of DKI Jakarta," said Enny as quoted on the official website of the Bekasi Regency Government.
Until finally, the Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Abraham Wirotomo clarified the statement from the Bekasi District Health Office which found four cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 or Omicron.
Abraham said he had asked for an explanation directly from the Head of the Bekasi District Health Office, Sri Enny Mainiarti. Based on his confession, it turned out that the four cases found were variants of Delta or B.1617.2 and not Omicron.
"The results of a search by the Bekasi Health Office team to the laboratory that carried out the testing showed that the four people who tested positive for COVID-19 were actually positive for Delta, not Omicron as is being discussed. The four positive residents have been quarantined, and tracing was also carried out on close contacts. Steps "The steps have been carried out according to the protocol," said Abraham.
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