SAMPANG - The Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Dr Mohammad Zyn Sampang, East Java is treating a pregnant patient positive for COVID-19 who is suspected of being exposed to a new type of variant, Omicron.
"The woman in question, is pregnant and currently undergoing isolation in a special room," said Director of RSUD Dr. Mohammad Zyn, Agus Akhmadi in Sampang, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 20.
This patient is suspected of being exposed to the omicron type of COVID-19 based on the characteristics or symptoms experienced by the patient.
According to Akhmadi, the symptoms of the Omicron variant are known to be slightly different from the previous variant.
He called the symptoms of omicron very similar to the symptoms of a cold or flu. Symptoms of the Omicron variant include headache, body aches, and itchy throat.
Dry cough and itchy throat (89 percent), tiredness (65 percent), stuffy nose (59 percent),
fever (38 percent), nausea (22 percent), shortness of breath or difficulty breathing (16 percent) and diarrhea (11 percent).
"The symptoms are milder than the delta variant of COVID-19," he said, explaining.
However, the effort to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 from this type of Omicran is the same as the prevention for the delta variant, namely maintaining a minimum physical distance of 1 meter from other people, always wearing a mask and frequently washing hands with soap and running water.
According to Akhmadi, this patient indicated by Omicron came from Surabaya.
The patient was found to be positive for COVID-19 based on the results of a rapid antigen test when he wanted to check his content at a health service.
"Because the results of the antigen test were positive, the patient was rejected at the health service," he said.
The patient's family took him home to Sampang and was referred to Dr Mohammad Zyn Sampang Hospital.
Head of the Health and Family Planning Office (Dinkes-KB) of the Sampang Regency Government, Dr. Abdullah Najich, the positive patient for the Omicron type of COVID-19 is the first time this has occurred in Sampang since Omicron was declared to have entered Indonesia.
"We hope this is the first and the last case in Sampang," said Najich.
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