JAKARTA - Kelurahan Sunter Agung is the area with the second most cases of COVID-19 patients in Jakarta. Based on data on the official website corona.jakarta.go.id, Sunter Agung has 45 positive cases of the corona virus. The amount of this data increased from the previous day which was still in the 20s.
The cause of the COVID-19 case in Sunter Agung has increased rapidly due to the transmission of the corona virus from the new cluster, namely the congregation who gathered at the Al Muttaqien Mosque, Sunter Agung, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. A total of 24 people were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
Head of DKI Mental and Spiritual Education Bureau Hendra Hidayat regretted the transmission that occurred as a result of gatherings at places of worship. This is because the government has asked all worship activities in mosques to be temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are very sorry about this incident. We should think not only about protecting ourselves, but protecting for family and other people as well, not trying to force ourselves. Actually there are MUI advocates, if there is an outbreak, worship will be carried out at home," said Hendra when contacted, Monday. , April 20.
Therefore, when entering the month of Ramadan in the next few days, Hendra said that the DKI Provincial Government will monitor places of worship. If anyone still gathers, they will be disbanded. This is because currently DKI has implemented Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB).
"In the PSBB rules there are strict sanctions, which are about law enforcement. Just be firm," he said.
For information, several congregants at the Al Muttaqien mosque had attended a tabligh akbar event in Gowa, South Sulawesi, last March. Even though it had been canceled, some of them had already come to Gowa.
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Not a few congregants from various regions and abroad then fled to the Al Muttaqien Mosque, because they received rejection from their place of residence. They were asked to self-isolate after undergoing a rapid test in which 24 of them tested positive for COVID-19.
Now positive COVID-19 patients are being treated at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. Some of them have been sent home. Meanwhile, 266 other people are still in the mosque.
During the isolation, hundreds of foreigners from the congregation were not allowed to leave the mosque area. They sleep in the mosque and get foodstuffs that are continuously supplied by the Al Muttaqien mosque management.
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