Latest News, 9 Workers At Soekarno-Hatta Airport Exposed To COVID-19, It's Not Confirmed That It's Omicron Or Not

Health workers serve the PCR Drive Thru swab test at Terminal 3, Soekarno Hatta Airport (Photo: Muhammad Iqbal/Antara)

JAKARTA - Nine workers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport living in Kalideres Sub-district, West Jakarta, were exposed to COVID-19, after the PCR test they underwent at the local health center came back positive. "The PCR test results have come out, nine positive, and some people are still waiting for the results," said Head of the Kalideres Sub-district Satpol PP, Selvi Rahmawati, when confirmed in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Monday, January 3. in the same boarding house on Jalan Daan Mogot, Kalideres, West Jakarta. However, it has not been confirmed whether COVID-19 is a variant of Omricon or not.

The majority of the boarding house residents work at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Due to the finding of nine positive people for COVID-19, on Monday today other residents in the boarding house and their neighbors who are close contacts, underwent a PCR swab test. This was done as an effort to trace to ensure the COVID-19 virus does not spread to residents other. "The nine people are not necessarily Omicron, because the Omicron has inspection specifications," he said. Until now, the nine people have been taken to the Kemayoran Athlete's Wisma to carry out self-isolation. Meanwhile, the other boarding house residents are self-isolating in the boarding house.