Mayor Danny Pomanto PCR Lab At Daya Makassar Hospital Able To Detect 4 New Variants Of COVID-19

Makassar Mayor Moh Ramdhan Pomanto when reviewing the preparation of the Makassar Recover Laboratory at the Daya Makassar Hospital, Sunday (1/8/2021). (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Makassar Mayor Moh Ramdhan Pomanto (Danny Pomanto) ensured that the PCR Laboratory of the Daya Makassar Regional General Hospital (RSUD) will soon be able to detect four new variants of COVID-19. Danny, as Moh Ramdhan Pomanto is known, said this laboratory was fully prepared by the Makassar City Government. to detect Swab PCR samples, with high sensitivity capable of detecting 4 new variants of COVID-19."So if you use a regular PCR tool, the delta cannot be detected, it is considered negative. In this lab it is super sensitive, it can detect new variants that are shifted from the virus. Corona," Danny said while reviewing the preparation of the Makassar Recover Laboratory, at the Daya Makassar Hospital, Sunday. For its operation, Danny said, this biosafety level 2 (BSL) laboratory will receive samples for 24 hours, or if it is calculated it can examine up to 1,200 samples in a week. "Moreover, there are only two BSL Level 2 laboratories like this in Indonesia, namely Pondok Indah Jakarta and RSUD Makassar. We live I am waiting for permission from the province so that its status as a lab can be issued quickly, so that this can help," he explained.

Danny emphasized that the existence of the lab is not an exhibition space in seeking to break the COVID-19 chain. "Don't let anyone overreact, this helps in this pandemic era," he added. Danny explained that later this laboratory would be intended for every citizen who COVID-19 was detected by the Detector Team, without being charged a penny. "So everyone who is detected by the detector if there are residents who are sick, then the COVID Hunter team comes, all costs are free if they go through the detector and covid hunter, if they are independent, they are commercial. "He said. Through the Posko that he will build at the RW and kelurahan level, Danny asks his residents to report if anyone is sick. "So everyone can report through 122 detectors, Covid Hunter will also come to check for free," he said.