Wife Of Omicron Patient Infected With Local Transmission Also Positive For COVID-19

ILLUSTRA TION BY VOI

JAKARTA - A 37-year-old man was declared exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 through local transmission. Apparently, the man's wife also confirmed positive.

"The wife's results came out this afternoon, positive as of the date of taking the sample on December 23," said Head of the North Jakarta Health Sub-dept. Yudi Dimyati to reporters, Tuesday, December 28.

However, Yudi is not sure whether his wife is also infected with the Omicron variant or not. This is because the results of the whole genome sequencing (WGS) have not yet been released.

"The wife's status will still be investigated," he said.

Currently, the wife who lives in the apartment in the North Jakarta area is being taken to undergo isolation at the Sulianti Saroso Infection Center Hospital by the puskesmas task force.

It is known, the first case of Omicron local transmission was found in a 37-year-old man who had no foreign travel.

Patients exposed to local transmission Omicron live in Medan and to Jakarta once a month. From existing data, this man and his wife arrived in Jakarta on December 6 last.

Then, on December 17th, they visited a restaurant in SCBD, South Jakarta, and on December 19th they tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient and his wife did an antigen test and it was found positive because they were planning to return to Medan. Then PCR was performed on December 20 and confirmation of Omicron was obtained from the laboratory on December 26.

The husband was first taken to the Sulianti Saroso Hospital for isolation. Spokesperson from the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi said this man had no symptoms.

"The clinical condition of the person concerned is asymptomatic. So, we haven't found any symptoms at all to this day," said Nadia.