Due To Face-to-face Learning, 57 Students In South Jakarta Are Exposed To COVID-19

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JAKARTA - The South Jakarta City Government found as many as 57 students who were exposed to COVID-19 during Face-to-face Learning (PTM) with 100 percent capacity.

South Jakarta Mayor, Munjirin, said the findings of the cases were spread across 31 schools in South Jakarta.

"Out of the 31 schools, 22 schools have temporarily suspended face-to-face learning (PTM)", said Munjirin after reviewing the implementation of booster vaccinations in Cilandak, South Jakarta, Monday, January 24.

Munjirin did not clearly specify the name and location of the school. However, he said, some of them had returned to holding PTM with strict health protocols.

"For the positive ones, automatic 'tracing' is carried out by the Health Sub-dept., so everyone has implemented a mechanism. We anticipate spraying and so on as well", he said.

Munjirin said the temporary suspension of PTM at the school was by standard operating procedures if there were school residents who were confirmed to be COVID-19.

As long as PTM is abolished, the school continues to facilitate students by carrying out online learning.

"So learning doesn't stop, it continues online, later after it's finished (temporary closure), it's just 'offline' (PTM) again", said Munjirin.

On the other hand, he said the policy of stopping PTM 100 percent was a decision from the DKI Jakarta Education Office so that the findings of COVID-19 cases in schools did not necessarily stop the PTM process in all schools.

"We will wait for policies from the province, especially from the Education Office", he said.