Airlangga Silence When Positive COVID-19, Palace: For The Minister, Enough People Know

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff, Moeldoko, admitted that he was reluctant to follow up on the incident of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, who was silent when he was infected with COVID-19.

According to Moeldoko, a minister does not need to disclose information when he is confirmed positive for COVID-19. This news is only enough to be told to a handful of parties concerned.

"If there is (a positive COVID-19 case) in the minister, quite a few people will know. After that, there are health measures that must be taken. So what? So that all matters related to tracing can run," said Moeldoko in his office. , Wednesday, January 20.

After all, said Moeldoko, cabinet ranks in President Jokowi's administration adhere to health protocols by maintaining distance and limiting the number of people in their work.

"We, who are in the cabinet, know exactly what our scope of work is, who we communicate with, and so on. What is clear is that in the context of COVID-19, we have never entered a very large public area. everything is also limiting, "he explained.

This is different from the positive cases of the corona virus which have plagued a number of public figures, who usually meet the wider community. If the figure has contracted COVID-19, then the person concerned must announce his condition.

"It is different if the context is someone who is in the midst of a very broad and difficult time to control, then what should be known properly," he said.

As is known, Airlangga Hatarto became a hot topic because he was considered not open to his health condition. Where the Coordinating Minister for the Economy is thought to have tested positive for COVID-19, but it was not open.

It is not clear when Airlangga was exposed to this virus. But suddenly the Golkar Party Chairman gave a convalescent plasma on Monday, January 18th. In fact, this plasma donor can only be done by COVID-19 survivors.