2 Day Old Baby Confirmed COVID-19 In Tarakan, Kaltara

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TARAKAN - A two-day-old EM baby from Sebengkok Village, Tarakan, was confirmed positive for COVID-19.

"There have been no reports that the transmission is through amniotic fluid, it could be that when the mother interacts with the baby not wearing a mask," said Devi Ika Indriarti, spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 in Tarakan, North Kalimantan (Kaltara). .

According to him, this incident was the first case of COVID-19 found at the youngest age. In the past, there were mothers who gave birth positive for COVID-19, but babies who were born were negative.

There are currently 40 positive cases of COVID-19 in Tarakan, with a cumulative number of positive cases of 2,150.

Then the case of positive COVID-19 patients who died increased by one person with the initials DH (34), a resident of Kampung I Skip Village. The cumulative number of cases died as many as 35 people. Meanwhile, 857 patients were still undergoing treatment.

Furthermore, the number of recovered patients increased by five, so the cumulative number who recovered was 1,258 people.

There are currently 180 suspect cases monitored in Tarakan, namely people with symptoms of ARI, and in the last 14 days before symptoms develop, they have a history of travel or live in a country / region of Indonesia that reports local transmission.

People with one of the symptoms of ARI and the last 14 days before symptoms appeared had a history of contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, people with severe ARI or severe pneumonia who needed hospitalization and no other cause based on a convincing clinical picture.

"The total number of close contacts being monitored is currently 2,070 people. "Close contacts are people who have a history of contact with probable cases or confirmed cases of COVID-19," he said.

Devi also appealed to the people of Tarakan to continue to provide moral support to patients or families of suspected cases, probable cases, close contacts and confirmed cases.