Bandung Residents Beware, The Transmission Of The Omicron Variant Seems To Have Been Localized

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JAKARTA - The Bandung City Government (Pemkot) said there were 80 people who had contact with six confirmed COVID-19 patients with the Omicron variant.

The Acting Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana in Bandung, said that 80 people had been tested and were still waiting for the results. The test, he said, was carried out to anticipate local transmission.

"We have also traced 80 people who made contact with these six people, the results are not yet," Yana said, Monday, January 24, as reported by Antara.

According to Yana, the six people who were confirmed to be Omicron were also suspected of being exposed due to local transmission. The reason, he said, the six people admitted that they had not been in contact with people who had a history of traveling abroad.

"And he doesn't travel either, so this seems to have been a local transmission," Yana said.

Although there were 80 people in contact, according to him, the people of Bandung City did not need to panic and were advised to continue to improve the quality of the COVID-19 health protocol.

"If you don't have any interest, just stay at home, if you follow the health protocol, God willing, it will be maintained," he said.

The six people have declared confirmed Omicron on Wednesday (19/1) based on the results of the Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) test conducted by the Regional Health Laboratory (Labkesda) of West Java and the six people are known to be residents of the city of Bandung.