Almost Three Weeks Of Isolation, Governor Of Aceh Nova Still Positive For COVID-19

Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah received an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Zainoel Abidin Hospital Banda Aceh / Antara

JAKARTA - Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah is still positive for COVID-19, despite nearly three weeks of self-isolation. This is based on the results of the swab test.

"On June 21, 2021, the medical team again conducted a swab test (the Governor of Aceh) and the results were still positive for COVID-19", said Aceh COVID-19 Spokesperson Saifullah Abdulgani in Banda Aceh, reported by Antara, Thursday, June 24.

Previously, he explained that Nova Iriansyah had tested positive for corona based on the results of the PCR swab test on May 31, and immediately carried out self-isolation according to the protocol for handling COVID-19.

Four days after being tested positive, Nova again underwent a PCR swab examination, but the results were still positive, so he had to continue self-isolation according to the recommendations of the medical team who handled his treatment.

Then, he underwent a swab test again on June 14, 2021, but the results in the Governor of Aceh were still detected by the genetic material of the coronavirus. Until finally, the latest swab results came out on June 21, 2021, which still showed positive for COVID-19, he said.

According to Saifullah, the continued positive condition for COVID-19 patients is not a new phenomenon, in fact, there are many other pieces of evidence both at home and abroad.

"Therefore, the RICU medical team and Pinere Hospital Zainoel Abidin Banda Aceh continue to recommend the Aceh Governor to continue self-isolation to accelerate health recovery", he said.

Meanwhile, Dr. T Zulfikar, Sp P (K) FISR, the team that handled the treatment of the Aceh Governor explained that when he was first tested positive, the governor's condition did not show any symptoms. However, two days later the governor began to have mild symptoms such as coughing, aches, and loss of smell.

"So the first criteria we consider as asymptomatic, then from the medical team we convey that this is with mild symptoms", said Zulfikar.

At that time the Governor of Aceh was advised to self-isolate and improve health so that the mild symptoms experienced by the Governor gradually disappeared.

"And now although it is still confirmed positive, thank God the mild cough symptoms are no longer there and the smell is also normal", he said.

Considering that he is still in a positive condition for COVID-19, the medical team recommends the Aceh Governor to continue to undergo self-isolation until the swab test results show negative, in accordance with the COVID-19 health protocol that applies, both globally and in Indonesia.