Rizieq Shihab's Journey To Being Declared Positive For COVID-19 On November 28

Rizieq Shihab / Antara

JAKARTA - Clinical pathology specialist at RSCM dr. Nuri Dyah Indrasari said that the PCR test results were confirmed positive for COVID-19 on behalf of Muhammad R.

However, dr. Nuri Dyah Indrasari admitted that he did not know whether the owner of the sample who was confirmed positive for COVID-19 was Rizieq Shihab.

"Our laboratory staff does not continue to ask who R is. Only in us, the identity of the patient can be from the name, date of birth, and address. So for us in the laboratory, that is enough", said Nuri Dyah Indrasari when testifying for Rizieq Shihab at the East Jakarta District Court, reported by Antara, Wednesday, April 21.

Nuri Dyah Indrasari continued during the trial that he received a specimen in the form of a swab test on November 27, 2020.

Based on the information from the laboratory officer, Nuri Dyah said that the party who delivered the specimen was dr. Hadiki Habib, a Mer-C volunteer doctor in charge of carrying out an antigen swab test for Rizieq Shihab.

"On 27 November, Friday, our officer from the laboratory registration received a sample in the form of VTM (medium transport virus) in which the swab material was contained. When it was confirmed it was from Dr. Hadiki Habib", said Nuri Dyah Indrasari.

After checking the completeness of the documents, Nuri said that his party then tested the samples that were sent the next day.

"When we received it, the next day we worked on it. So on November 28, PCR was then processed for the material received and the results came out at around 4 p.m", he explained.

Based on the results of testing these samples, it is known that the results were confirmed positive for COVID-19.

"The result came out as positive for COVID-19. So at that time, it was delivered on behalf of Muhammad R according to the request form", he added.

Previously, dr. Hadiki Habib testified in Rizieq Shihab's follow-up trial regarding the UMMI Hospital swab test case at the East Jakarta District Court.

The Mer-C volunteer doctor said that the results of the Rizieq Shihab antigen rapid test showed COVID-19 reactive so that further checking was needed.