There Will Be A Candidate For Mayor Of Surabaya Who Is Positive For COVID-19

KPU Building (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

SURABAYA - One of the candidates for mayor of Surabaya, East Java, tested positive for COVID-19. This assurance is obtained from the notification letter from the Dr. Soetomo Regional Hospital that was received by the KPU in Surabaya. "

It started out like this, after the swab test on September 7, then September 8-9, the medical check-up period. Based on attendance at Graha Amerta Hospital, Bapaslon Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman was not yet present. Today we just received a notification letter from Dr. Soetomo Regional Hospital, containing one of the chaplons tested positive, "said Surabaya KPU Legal and Supervision Division commissioner, Soeprayitno, confirmed, Wednesday, September 9.

Information from the Dr. Soetomo Regional Hospital was immediately forwarded to the positive candidate pairs. KPU asked the candidate to isolate himself independently.

"This means not only for the prospective mayor candidates in the context of healing, but also for the vice mayor candidates so as not to become infected," said Soeprayitno who is familiarly called Nano.

The KPU will be open to the public regarding the Surabaya Pilkada process including the results of the swab test. But the KPU has not yet named a candidate for mayor who is positive for COVID-19.

"The KPU did not cover it up, because it is still waiting for an official letter from the hospital. Only today did we get a clear letter from Dr. Soetomo Regional Hospital," he said.

The candidate for mayor who is positive for COVID-19 is required to be self-isolated until 17 September. The KPU will extend three days if needed.

"If the results of health monitoring are good, then the health check can be continued on September 18th. If it is not good, then another 3 days will be added. So that the medical examination can be carried out September 21-22," he said.

The Surabaya Pilkada was attended by two candidate pairs, namely Eri Cahyadi-Armuji, which was carried by the PDI-P and Machfud Arifin and Mujiaman Sukirno. Machfud-Mujiaman supported by the Golkar, NasDem, Democrat, PKB, PAN, PPP, Gerindra and PKS parties.