JAKARTA - The Health Office (Dinkes) of Bandung City, West Java, stated that there are as many as 43 health workers (nakes) who have now been confirmed as positive for COVID-19.
"Currently, there are 43 health workers who are positive for COVID-19 in Bandung," said Head of Bandung City Health Office, Dr. Rita Verita, in Bandung, quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 25.
He explained that the figure had increased from before, on Tuesday, October 20, at which time 42 health workers were found with COVID-19.
Rita said that all health workers who tested positive for COVID-19 came from 16 hospitals in Bandung City after a swab test.
He ensured that currently all health workers who were confirmed COVID-19 had been followed up by the Bandung City Health Office. Starting from close contact tracing, to implementing self-isolation.
The Bandung Health Office, said Rita Verita, will also conduct a COVID-19 swab test for tens of thousands of health workers in Bandung. Implementation of the swab test is planned to be carried out next November.
Meanwhile, based on the records of the Bandung City Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling of COVID-19, currently the number of cases has reached 1,860 people who have been confirmed as COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Of that cumulative number, 1,533 people have been declared cured, 248 people are still actively confirmed with COVID-19, and 79 people have died due to COVID-19.
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