BOGOR - Bogor Regent Ade Yasin explained the chronology of the transmission of the first Omicron variant of the COVID-19 case in Bogor, West Java, with a 28-year-old male patient from Dramaga District.

"The person concerned has been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, the second dose in September 2021, and includes young people who rarely leave the house," said Ade Yasin in Cibinong, Bogor Regency, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 13.

Ade Yasin said the case began when the young man with the initials HM took a series of tests to become an officer at a hospital in Jakarta since December 19, 2021.

According to him, HM traveled by electric rail (KRL) via Bogor-Cikini Station and online motorcycle taxis during a series of tests for several days in Jakarta.

Then, on December 28, 2021, HM underwent the last test, namely a medical checkup including a PCR swab test, the result was that HM was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on December 29, 2021. HM then self-isolated at his residence.

On January 7, 2022, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia informed the Bogor District Health Office regarding the confirmed COVID-19 HM of the Omicron variant.

"After receiving information from the Ministry of Health about the Omicron variant, the Health Office immediately informed the puskesmas in the area where the patient lived," said Ade Yasin.

The regent said that the Bogor District Health Office together with the TNI-Polri conducted tracking on January 10, 2022. Sampling of the swab test was carried out on eight people who were in close contact, six of whom were HM's family in good health.

Ade Yasin explained that the PCR examination of the eight people who had close contacts was negative. Then on January 12, 2022 HM was declared negative from the results of the second PCR test.


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