32 Santri Exposed To Corona, 421 Santri And Islamic Boarding School Management In Bogor Take COVID-19 Tests

Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto (ANTARA)

BOGOR - A total of 421 students and administrators of the Bina Madani Islamic Boarding School in Harjasari Village, Bogor City, West Java, underwent an examination to detect the transmission of COVID-19. The COVID-19 test was carried out after 32 students at the Islamic boarding school were declared infected with the corona virus.

"The Health Office has carried out a PCR swab test for 421 students and administrators of this Islamic boarding school and the results will be known on Monday," said Bogor Mayor Bima Arya, quoted by Antara, Sunday, June 6.

"If the results of the PCR swab test today are still positive, we will take the next steps," said Bima Arya, who is also the Head of the Bogor City COVID-19 Task Force.

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force has established a command post at the Bina Madani Islamic Boarding School to support the supervision of activities in the pesantren environment, including ensuring that health protocols are followed by all pesantren residents.

"This Islamic boarding school is temporarily closed. There is no entry and exit activity at this Islamic boarding school. People temporarily inside cannot leave and people outside temporarily cannot enter," continued Bima Arya.

The mayor has assigned Perumda Pasar Pakuan Jaya (PPJ) to supply food and other basic necessities to the pesantren as long as access to and from the pesantren is closed.

In the antigen examination to detect COVID-19 transmission on 398 students at the Bina Madani Islamic Boarding School on June 3 to 4, 2021, 32 students were detected as having COVID-19.

A total of 24 students who were infected with COVID-19 were then evacuated to the COVID-19 Isolation Center at the BPKP Training Center Building in Ciawi Bogor and eight others were brought by their parents back home to undergo self-isolation.

Bima Arya said residents of Islamic boarding schools who were confirmed to have COVID-19 during an examination on Sunday would also be taken to the COVID-19 Isolation Center in Ciawi.