Ridwan Kamil Said 20 West Java Residents Were Exposed To The Omicron Variant After Coming From Abroad

BANDUNG - West Java Governor M Ridwan Kamil said as many as 20 West Java residents who wanted to return to Indonesia after traveling from abroad were declared exposed to the Omicron variant of the corona virus. They are currently undergoing quarantine in DKI Jakarta.

"Today, it was recorded that West Java residents who came from abroad were quarantined and it was found that 20 people were exposed to Omicron. So this is breaking news," said Ridwan Kamil at Gedung Sate Bandung, Antara, Monday, January 3.

Ridwan Kamil emphasized that the spread of the Omicron variant of the corona virus that infected 20 residents of West Java was not at the community level. So, until now, Omicron is not available in West Java. Kang Emil, as he is called, ensured that there was no local transmission of the new variant in West Java.

"Everything is combed at national borders or at airports, only the ID cards are recorded as citizens of West Java. I repeat. Omicron is not yet in West Java land as of today. But the ID cards of West Java are quarantined in Jakarta, there are 20 people," he said.

"Because all of these Omicrons are people who travel abroad and come to Indonesia. It's different from East Java, in East Java, all of them from Bali go to Surabaya," he said.

Although there has been no local transmission of the Omicron variant in the region, said Ridwan Kamil, the West Java Provincial Government has always been proactive in addressing this problem. "We and the committee team calculated 14 days after Christmas and New Year's. We assume that if there is bad news, what kind of bad news is there. So we do all preparations for oxygen, repeat preparations like the delta (variant)," said Ridwan Kamil.

Furthermore, Ridwan Kamil said that based on epidemiological information during a meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, it was known that the Omicron variant of the Corona virus spread quickly but the hospitalization rate was low.

"That's why many recover quickly. As of today, no one has been hospitalized," he said.

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