Four TKI Who Were Deported From Malaysia Were Again Exposed To COVID-19, The Variant Is Still Being Researched

A number of Indonesian workers who were deported by Malaysia took a COVID-19 test at the West Kalimantan Social Service shelter (Special)

NUNUKAN - The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) Nunukan, Kaltara stated that four Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) deported from Sabah, Malaysia were again found to be exposed to COVID-19 and are still being treated at the Nunukan Hospital.

"229 TKI who were deported from the working area of the Indonesian Consulate General Kota Kinabalu on December 10, 2021 were found to have been exposed to COVID-19 for the first time as many as three people. After tracking them, finally four more people were found," said Head of UPT BP2MI Nunukan AKBP FJ Ginting to the media crew at Nunukan, Tuesday, December 21.

However, Ginting said, regarding the variant of the virus he was suffering from, it was still at the Balibangkes laboratory at the Indonesian Ministry of Health in Jakarta.

"We don't know yet about the virus variant problem, because the samples from the Port Health Office and the Nunukan Health Service are still being examined in a laboratory in Jakarta," he said. 19 were declared cured and ready to be returned to their hometowns on Wednesday, December 22 using KM Bukit Siguntang along with hundreds of other deported Indonesian workers.

Meanwhile, the four newly discovered people are currently still in intensive care at the Nunukan Hospital.

Ginting hopes that the COVID-19 virus that has infected the seven deported TKI is not a new variant of Omicron. This was reported by Antara.