Five KPK Detainees Positive For COVID-19, Isolated Independently At The Athlete's Village

KPK / ANTARA

JAKARTA - Five suspects in a corruption case detained at the KPK Detention Center for the Red and White House are positive for COVID-19. The five people were then transferred to the COVID-19 Emergency Hospital Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Jakarta to get treatment and carry out independent isolation.

The certainty of these results was obtained after the KPK carried out a swab test on 10 detainees at the detention center.

"From the results of the second PCR swab carried out on Monday, January 11 against 10 detainees at the KPK branch detention center at the Red and White House, there were 5 detainees who also tested positive for COVID-19," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri. a written statement, Wednesday, January 13.

These prisoners were then transferred to the Athletes' House on this day. The goal is that they can receive care and carry out independent isolation to prevent transmission in the detention center.

At Wisma Atlet, they will also receive guard from the KPK prison guards. In this safeguard, the anti-graft commission assigned two teams of detainee escorts consisting of 12 people and assisted by the police.

Every eight hours, said Ali, these officers would take turns guarding.

"There is a special room there to supervise and coordinate with the team from Wisma Athlete," he explained.

Meanwhile, regarding the conditions of detainees in other remand centers, such as those in the C1 branch of the KPK detention center and the Jaya Guntur Regional Police Command Center, all are in good health.

"So far, those in C1 and Pomdam Jaya are safe," he concluded.